N Scale Open Hopper

  MODEL FEATURES: Fully assembled and ready for your layout Razor sharp printing and painting Weighted for optimum performance Machined 36” metal wheels NEW body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers Interior plastic...

  MODEL FEATURES: Fully assembled and ready for your layout Razor sharp printing and painting Weighted for optimum performance Machined 36” metal wheels NEW body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers Interior plastic...

Released May 2025 These 2,100 cubic foot 2-bay open hopper was built in 1970 for Southern Pacific. Southern Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially in the 1970s...

These 55-ton steel open hoppers were produced by the CB&Q’s Havelock Shops in 1945, and were designed for coal service. The CB&Q, commonly known as the Burlington, was founded in 1849 and was based in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1970s, it was merged with...

The Bluford Shops N scale 14-Panel 3-Bay Hopper returns in nine new paint schemes. The design of this hopper was spearheaded by New York Central in the late ‘50s as they sought an alternative to the AAR 70-ton rib side hopper design. In the end, this...

The Bluford Shops N scale 14-Panel 3-Bay Hopper returns in nine new paint schemes. The design of this hopper was spearheaded by New York Central in the late ‘50s as they sought an alternative to the AAR 70-ton rib side hopper design. In the end, this...

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION The development of the hopper car went along with the development of automated handling of such commodities, with automated loading and unloading facilities. Open hopper cars are used for commodities such as coal, which...

The Florida East Coast Railway is a railroad providing service exclusively in the state of Florida. Stretching from Jacksonville to Miami, it is the dedicated port servicer by rail. These 3 bay rapid discharge hoppers are in series 15300-15399 and have...

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...

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...