N RTR ACF 2970 Covered Hopper ERIE LACKAWANNA #21354 Athearn 23328 N Scale

N RTR ACF 2970 Covered Hopper ERIE LACKAWANNA #21354 Athearn 23328 N Scale (image 1/1)
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N RTR ACF 2970 Covered Hopper ERIE LACKAWANNA #21354 Athearn 23328 N Scale DESCRIPTION ORDERS WILL BE COMBINED TO GET YOU A GREAT SHIPPING RATE N RTR ACF 2970 Covered Hopper ERIE LACKAWANNA #21354 Athearn 23328 N scale FACTORY NEW Key Features Fully assembled and ready for your layout Photo-etched roof walks Separately applied wire grab irons and brake piping Detailed underbody Razor sharp painting and printing McHenry knuckle spring coupler installed (body mounted) Packed in a jewel case Overview For the first hundred years or so of railroad history, dry bulk items such as sand and cement were put into bags or boxes and loaded into boxcars for shipment. This process required considerable labor to load and unload. In the 20th century a new type of car, the covered hopper, was developed. As the name implies, these cars were essentially an open top hopper with a roof and hatches added for loading. At first they were just used for special commodities, while cement was still hauled in boxcars. This began to change dramatically in the late 1940's as the railroads ordered more and more covered hoppers. By the 1970's almost all dry bulk items from sand to grain to plastic pellets were shipped in covered hoppers.One of the more important builders of covered hoppers was American Cr & Foundry (ACF). The first ACF covered hoppers were read more
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