Uncataloged RailKing O Gauge Long Island 4-Bay Cylindrical Hopper Cars Announced
April 11, 2022 - M.T.H. Electric Trains is producing an uncataloged RailKing O Gauge 4-Bay Cylindrical Hopper in special Long Island livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer TrainWorld in Brooklyn, New York. Each car is limited in production and available in two car numbers and is anticipated to arrive in May 2022.
Item No. 30-75726 Long Island 4-Bay Cylindrical Hopper Car
Car No. 293
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Item No. 30-75727 Long Island 4-Bay Cylindrical Hopper Car
Car No. 751
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ABOUT THE 4-BAY CYLINDRICAL HOPPER
Until the advent of the covered hopper, bulk commodities like grain and cement were packed in sacks and loaded into boxcars. Loading and unloading was a tedious, time-consuming affair. In the 1930s, a few railroads took the basic coal hopper design and added a roof with loading hatches, enabling bulk commodities to be loaded from the top and unloaded from the bottom. In 1953, Pullman-Standard’s 70-ton PS-2 became the first mass-produced covered hopper to be widely owned by U.S. railroads.
But these pioneering covered hoppers had one problem: Like other cars of their time, they were built on a frame with a center sill, or support beam, that ran down the middle. Some of the load would cake or collect on the beam, making it difficult to fully unload the cars. In 1961, American Car and Foundry solved the problem with the first center-flow-covered hopper, with its support beams on the outside of the frame and unobstructed, full-width unloading doors. Today’s cylindrical hoppers are all descended from that ACF innovation. Our model represents a modern 100-ton, 4-bay car designed for lighter density loads like grains and plastic pellets; denser commodities are generally shipped in 2- or 3-bay cars.
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