Santa Fe (1950s) offset side 3-bay hoppers. Santa Fe had been collecting 3-bay offset side hoppers since the 1930s and ultimately established a fleet of several thousand cars. Cars delivered in the 1950s received this paint scheme with “ATSF” reporting marks (no periods and no ampersand.) Santa Fe generated coal loads in New Mexico as well as in smaller pockets in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. They also used these hoppers for gravel, flux stone and metallic ores. 

Features:

• Friction bearing or roller bearing trucks as appropriate for each road name
• Fully molded air tank and valve with piping, slope sheet braces
• Body mounted brake hose detail
• Separate brake cylinder, rod and lever detail (a first on an N scale open hopper!)
• Body mounted magnetically operating couplers
• Coal load
• Diecast slope sheets and center sill
• Injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors

Expected Release: Fall 2011