BNSF COVERED HOPPER #403550

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

The 4-bay covered hopper first entered service in the 1960s. The cars handle loads such as diatomaceous earth, plastic pellets and similar bulk commodities. In the 1960s, American Car and Foundry introduced the Center Flow design. The Center Flow relies on the car’s rounded body to provide structural strength without the added weight of bracing, as well as making gravity unloading easier. This 4-bay car came in a 5,250-cubic foot capacity.

MODEL FEATURES:

Round hatches or trough hatches
Painted and printed for realistic decoration with multiple road numbers
Fully-assembled and ready to run
Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
Separate brake wheel
Weighted for trouble free operation
Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
Window packaging for easy viewing
Interior plastic blister carton safely holds model for convenient storage
Minimum radius: 18”

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