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American Z Line- Z Scale - PS2 CD 4750 Covered Hoppers - AGP Grain Co-Operative (AGPX) # 95228 - Green/Yellow (SKU 163-91928-1)

Available On: January 1, 2016

Note: these cars feature a prototypical separately applied plate for the logo!

 
 Covered hoppers are designed for carrying dry bulk loads, varying from grain 
to products such as sand and clay. The cover protects the loads from the
weather. Similar to an open hopper car, covered hoppers tend to contain 2, 3 
or 4 separated bays. Each of these can be loaded and emptied individually, with
access at the top to load the materials and visible chutes at the bottom for
unloading.

Hoppers with 2, 3 or 4 bays are used for different purposes: 2 bay hoppers

are used for the most dense loads (such as sand), while 4 bay hoppers are 

more suited to lighter loads. This is due to axle load limits, for example dry

cement is very heavy in bulk quantities and a 4-bay hopper of sand would be

very likely to exceed these limits while also having problems with increased

strain upon the central span. By trading off cubic capacity 2 bay hoppers are

able to transport these heavy loads. As technology has advanced, some of 

the heavier loads formerly assigned to 2-bay hoppers have been assigned

to larger, more efficient 3-bay hoppers.

 







$38.00 US