N PS-2 2893 3-HOPPER MCDX

N PS-2 2893 3-Bay Covered Hopper, MCDX #1016 MODEL FEATURES:
Separately applied round roof hatches, brake wheel, and walkway
Separately applied outlets and detailed braces
Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular types of track
Minimum radius: 11”
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:
Pullman-Standard dominated the covered hopper car market beginning in the 1950s, thanks to the design success of their PS-2 series of covered hoppers. Designed to carry bulk commodities, such as grain, cement and plastic pellets, these cars roamed the rails of North America for decades, attesting to their utilitarian functionality.