Description
The Trinity 3230 Pressure Differential (PD) covered hopper is essentially a smaller version of TrinityRail’s 5660 PD. The smaller version was developed from the base design introduced by Thrall Car in the late 1990s.
The smaller size enables the cars to be loaded with heavier ladings such as cement and various grades of fly ash. Most of the cars are operated by Railcar (Leasing) companies or Shippers.
Features:
- All new tooling
- Ready to run
- Injection molded plastic
- Fine scale detail
- Etched metal roofwalks
- Crisp painting and printing
- Magnetic couplers
- Metal wheelsets
Note: Photo might not show actual road number. Please see details for the road number.
Details
Store Location: |
P# 237 / Aisle 10B |
Scale: |
N Scale |
Road Name: |
Chicago Freight Car (CRDX) |
Road Number: |
3085 |
Customer Reviews
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Great detail but a couple of...
I purchased this car, not knowing what to expect. I was very surprised at the incredible detail featured on this Atlas car. The first surprise was that the car has Micro-Trains couplers that are body mounted. A nice touch indeed. The second surprise was the incredible finish on this car. Excellent paint job with great graphics. Now for the problems. I noticed that an end ladder frame on both cars (I purchased a GACX 62758 as well) was loose and not secured to the main frame of the car. A little super-glue took care of that problem. The other problem I encountered was a little harder to fix. On the top walkway, at each end of the car near the top of the corner ladders, are yellow hand grabs. These are set into the perforations in the walkway. One of these grabs on each car simply just fell off and disappeared into thin air. They were not on my work surface and couldn't be found on the floor because of their small size. The other two came off with just a light touch of my finger. I guess they don't use too much cement in the assembly of these cars. Not wanting to have railcars that are unsafe for my train crew, I found some .012 brass wire and made four new grabs. After installing the grabs and painting them yellow, the cars will be weathered and put into service hauling cement or fly ash. Atlas did a great job on these cars, and just needs a little more QC.
