B&M PS 2003 CVRD HOPPER #5541

BOSTON & MAINE

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

The PS-2 2003 covered hopper found itself in bulk comodity service as it entered service in the 1950s. The most common service was cement and sand. Towards the end of their carreers, the PS-2 2003 covered hoppers were phased into limited non-interchange service hauling sand to different fuel bases for the parent railroad. Occassionally used as buffer cars in instances were a bulk load was not protected by a bulkhead, for example an uprotected lumber load on flat car would require a buffer car between the load and the locomotive.

FEATURES:

New road numbers
Fully assembled and ready-to-run
Photo-etched roof walks
Precision machined metal wheels
Body mounted McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers
Highly-detailed, injection molded body
Painted and printed for realistic decoration
Weighted for trouble-free operation
Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Window packaging for easy viewing
Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
Minimum radius: 15"

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - SMALL PARTS! NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3.