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S-Helper S, 1853, Chesapeake & Ohio USRA Covered Hopper #223
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$49.95
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$42.99
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SHE-1853
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Description
The early development of covered hoppers grew out of a need to move dry cement in a more cost effective manner. The early awkward and labor-intensive method of movement was via boxcars with 80 pound bags. The solution was a hopper car with a roof added and redesigned bays to handle cement discharge rather than coal (a steeper slope was needed). East coast railroads started experimenting in the early 1930's by putting covers on coal hoppers to move diverse commodities, such as sand, cement, fluorspar and slate.
Features
Thank you for purchasing our covered hopper. Right
out of the box, your hopper is ready to operate on American
FlyerŽ track. Your car comes complete with four extra
code 110 wheelsets for operating on track smaller than
code 125 (0.125" high) or with open frog turnouts built to
the NASG scale standards. Also included are 2 truck bolster
spacers for making your hopper the correct height to
use with the #01295 couplers(not included).
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