Nickel Plate Road acquired this group of 450 USRA hoppers when they merged the Clover Leaf Route (the Toledo St. Louis & Western.) NKP was known for being a high speed bridge line from their western gateways of Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis to their eastern connections at Buffalo. In 1949, their coal traffic expanded massively when they leased the Wheeling & Lake Erie which served large coal deposits in southeastern Ohio.

 These ready-to-run cars will feature:

• diecast slope sheet-hopper bay-center sill assembly
• injection molded plastic sides, ends, and hopper doors
• fully molded brake tank, valve and air lines
• body mounted brake hose detail
• coal load
• lever-style hand brake
• body mounted magnetically operating knuckle couplers
• close coupling
• Fox Valley Models metal wheels

All road names will be available in multiple road numbers. For instance, order a single, a 2-pack and a 3-pack to get all six road numbers on a run. (Some road names will be available in just three road numbers.)