N Scale Open Hopper

This HTx-Class 2-bay coal hopper with Bettendorf trucks was built in the late 1950s and continued in revenue use through the 1970s. Reading can be traced back to 1833 as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, one of the first railroads in the United...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

Note: Image is representative of the paint scheme only. See listing for actual car number. Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War...

During the winter season railroads had to produce ways to keep loads in open hoppers from getting wet and freezing over during storms. One way was to cover the car with a tarp which could be easily removed by a work crew on site. The model represents...

During the winter season railroads had to produce ways to keep loads in open hoppers from getting wet and freezing over during storms. One way was to cover the car with a tarp which could be easily removed by a work crew on site. The model represents...

Soo Line black in 4 road numbers. Soo bought these hoppers secondhand from Belt Railway of Chicago in 1950 and used them to haul stone. They were assigned to Wisconsin Central which Soo had been leasing since 1909. Note the little W.C. in the upper left...

Soo Line black in 4 road numbers. Soo bought these hoppers secondhand from Belt Railway of Chicago in 1950 and used them to haul stone. They were assigned to Wisconsin Central which Soo had been leasing since 1909. Note the little W.C. in the upper left...

Soo Line black in 4 road numbers. Soo bought these hoppers secondhand from Belt Railway of Chicago in 1950 and used them to haul stone. They were assigned to Wisconsin Central which Soo had been leasing since 1909. Note the little W.C. in the upper left...

Soo Line black in 4 road numbers. Soo bought these hoppers secondhand from Belt Railway of Chicago in 1950 and used them to haul stone. They were assigned to Wisconsin Central which Soo had been leasing since 1909. Note the little W.C. in the upper left...

Rock Island post-1972 in 6 road numbers. Rock Island leased these freshly rebuilt cars from United States Railway Equipment. The consolidated stencils were added after 1972.

Rock Island post-1972 in 6 road numbers. Rock Island leased these freshly rebuilt cars from United States Railway Equipment. The consolidated stencils were added after 1972.

Rock Island post-1972 in 6 road numbers. Rock Island leased these freshly rebuilt cars from United States Railway Equipment. The consolidated stencils were added after 1972.