HO Scale NSC Ballast Hopper
Ballast! A commodity that is rarely discussed, yet plays a pivotal part in the upkeep of any railroad’s infrastructure. Many railroads simply used older open-top hoppers to carry and “dump” ballast along their right-of-ways. In the mid-1970s, National Steel Car (NSC) designed and developed a welded open-top hopper specifically for ballast service, complete with four bottom chutes to
spread the rocks along the rails. CN and CP purchased these cars in volumes, under the 1978 Government of Canada Branch Line Rehabilitation Program. Fleet numbers were also an identifier of these cars as well as their Branch Line Rehabilitation stencil and many continue to wear those to this day.
Similar cars could be found on many American roads, wearing a wide variety of paint schemes and graphics. We even included three generic colours for you to make into your freelance road or another railroad that used these cars!
The Rapido Trains HO scale NSC Ballast Hopper features:
- Removable ballast load
- Diecast frame
- Separate metal grab irons installed at the factory
- Coupler cutbars and airhoses
- Metal wheels
- Semi-scale, metal couplers
- Accurate paint and lettering
- Multiple road numbers available for each scheme
- Available in singles or multi-packs (Dealers must order multi-packs)
- Multi-packs boxed for individual sale
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SKU: 171001
HO Southern Pacific B-50-15 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - As Built w/ Murphy Roo$US 329.70 -
SKU: 171003
HO Southern Pacific B-50-15 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - As Built w/ Viking Roo$US 329.70 -
SKU: 171007
HO Southern Pacific B-50-15 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - Rebuilt w/ Viking Roof$US 329.70 -
SKU: 171051
HO Southern Pacific B-50-16 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - As Built w/ Viking Roo$US 329.70 -
SKU: 171053
HO Southern Pacific B-50-16 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - Rebuilt w/ Viking Roof$US 329.70 -
SKU: 171001A
HO SP B-50-15 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - As Built w/ Murphy Roof: Single Car$US 54.95 -
SKU: 171003A
HO SP B-50-15 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - As Built w/ Viking Roof: Single Car$US 54.95 -
SKU: 171007A
HO SP B-50-15 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - Rebuilt w/ Viking Roof: Single Car$US 54.95 -
SKU: 171051A
HO SP B-50-16 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - As Built w/ Viking Roof: Single Car$US 54.95 -
SKU: 171053A
HO SP B-50-16 Boxcar: 1931 to 1946 scheme - Rebuilt w/ Viking Roof: Single Car$US 54.95