Uncataloged O Scale Premier NKP 70-ton 3-Bay Hopper Set Announced
February 8, 2024 – M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive Premier O Scale 4-Car 70-ton 3-Bay Hopper Set in Nickel Plate Road livery for exclusive distribution for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Stockyard Express. The set features four individually numbered cars that will be produced in extremely limited quantities. They will be available for delivery beginning in June 2024.
20-92375 Nickel Plate Road 4-Car 70-ton 3-Bay Hopper Set
Car No’s. 79132, 79313, 79269, 79250
Order Price: $259.95 (plus freight)
ABOUT THE O SCALE 70-TON 3-BAY HOPPER CAR
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: stockyardexpress@aol.com |
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