The prototype cars are 100 tons in capacity with four hopper compartments totaling 3800-3850 cubic feet. Originaly designed by Marine Industries in 1965, the cars were also manufactured by Canada’s other two car builders, Hawker Siddeley and National Steel Car.

Canada’s two major railways, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, are the major owners of this car along with Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo. This car was also produced for the following leasing companys: CGLX, NCHX and Procor. These cars carry bulk commodities like cement, potash, and other dry materials. These cars can still be seen all over North America today.

The first Canadian Pacific deliveries took place from mid 1966 with an order of 500 cars with round hatches, #382000-382499, painted in CP black with script lettering.  CP returned for a further 496 cars the following year, before acquiring 600 cars with trough hatches in 1968.

It’s final order was in 1975, encompassing 150 cars with round hatches for its international CPI fleet, the only 3800 cu. ft. hoppers to be delivered in the Multimark scheme, although hundreds of cars were repainted into the same livery. Many examples can still be found in use today, wearing CP and CPLX reporting marks.

Features:

• Scaled from manufacturer drawings and fully captures the details of the prototype car
• New Dofasco S-2 100-tonne trucks
• Etched running boards and brake changeover platform
• Finely moulded plastic walkway supports and end cages
• Optional additional air reservoir (if applicable)
• Full separate air piping and brake equipment details
• Macdonald-Cartier metal knuckle couplers
• Available in singles or 6-Packs. 6-Packs boxed for individual sale
• NOTE: As individual cars are radomly picked from 6-Packs they will not have a new road number than those in the 6-Pack. Orders for single cars can only be filled if there are enough orders from customers to break up 6-Packs into single cars.