N Scale Open Hopper

Atlas' version of the 2-Bay Offset Side Hopper is modeled after the open hoppers that were built in the 1930s and the 1940s to transport coal. Features: Prototypical painting and lettering Plastic body with die cast chasis Removable coal...

Atlas' version of the 2-Bay Offset Side Hopper is modeled after the open hoppers that were built in the 1930s and the 1940s to transport coal. Features: Prototypical painting and lettering Plastic body with die cast chasis Removable coal...

Atlas' version of the 2-Bay Offset Side Hopper is modeled after the open hoppers that were built in the 1930s and the 1940s to transport coal. Features: Prototypical painting and lettering Plastic body with die cast chasis Removable coal...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

New York Central post-1949 in 6 road numbers. We present these cars as they appeared after their postwar rebuilding program. Many remained in service well into the ‘60s.

New York Central post-1949 in 6 road numbers. We present these cars as they appeared after their postwar rebuilding program. Many remained in service well into the ‘60s.

Illinois Terminal – As Delivered in 4 road numbers. ITC took delivery of these hoppers in 1952, not long after beginning their conversion from an electric interurban line with substantial freight business to an all-diesel regional freight line.

Illinois Terminal – As Delivered in 4 road numbers. ITC took delivery of these hoppers in 1952, not long after beginning their conversion from an electric interurban line with substantial freight business to an all-diesel regional freight line.