This specific group of Southern Railway hoppers was assigned to the Appalachia Division for coal loading and was marked for this service. This prevented them from being “confiscated” by freight agents along the way needing hoppers for stone, sand or other services. Southern delivered much of their coal traffic to connecting roads at terminals in St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, New Orleans, and Memphis. This paint scheme will be available in six road numbers.

 Features:

• Fully molded air tank and valve with piping, slope sheet braces
• Body mounted brake hose detail
• Separate brake cylinder, rod and lever detail 
• Body mounted magnetically operating couplers
• Coal load
• Diecast slope sheets and center sill
• Injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors
• Fox Valley Models metal wheelsets