Uncataloged Premier O Scale 70-Ton 3-Bay Hopper Car Sets Announced
Item No. 20-92290 Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion 6-Car 70-ton 3-Bay Hopper Car Set
Car No’s. 4023, 4024, 4020, 4032, 4035, 4039
Pre-Order Price: $369.95 (plus freight)
Item No. 20-92291 Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion 6-Car 70-ton 3-Bay Hopper Car Set
Car No’s. 4025, 4026, 4030, 4038, 4033, 4037
Pre-Order Price: $369.95 (plus freight)
Order directly from:
Stockyard Express
49293 Plate Road
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440)774-2131
www.stockyardexpressllc.com
Email: [email protected]
ABOUT THE PREMIER O SCALE 70-TON 3-BAY HOPPER
Unlike equipment that carried a variety of loads, like boxcars, flatcars, and gondolas, this 3-bay hopper was designed specifically for one cargo: bituminous coal. Its capacity matched the volume of coal that a pair of typical 70-ton freight trucks could carry. And its slope sheets — the angled floors at either end of the car — were set at precisely the angle at which coal would flow easily from its bottom doors. (Covered grain hoppers, for example, require much steeper slope sheets.)
The large 3-bay car was ideal for delivery of bituminous coal to large industrial customers and railroads. In contrast, cleaner-burning anthracite coal shipped more commonly to small, local coal dealers who served the home heating market, often traveled in smaller 2-bay hoppers.
Order directly from:
Stockyard Express
49293 Plate Road
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440)774-2131
www.stockyardexpressllc.com
Email: [email protected]
