Athearn - HO Scale - 40ft 3-Bay Ballast Hopper - 4-Pack - Southern Pacific (SP), 4 Road Numbers Available #'s: 462517/462538/462563/462581 - Red With White Lettering (Era: 1970s+) (SKU 140-7646)
Available On: January 1, 2024
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:
A hopper car is a type of railroad freight car used to transport loose bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. Two main types of hopper car exist: covered hopper cars, which are equipped with a roof, and open hopper cars, which do not have a roof.
MODEL FEATURES:
• Removable load
• Separately applied wire grab irons and brake wheel
• Solid nickel silver wheels with RP25 contours
• Weighted for optimum performance
• Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Minimum radius: 18”
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