Walthers HO ACF 5250 covered hopper
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $34.98
Era: 1960s to 2000s
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Walthers HO ACF 5250 covered hopper features:
- 36” turned-metal wheels on plastic axles
- All-new tooling from rails to roof
- Based on prototypes used to haul plastic pellets, grain, and feed
- Body-mounted Proto-Max metal couplers
- Freestanding plastic end cages
- Injection-molded plastic construction
- Screw-mounted roller-bearing trucks
- See-through plastic running boards and crossover platforms
- Separate, factory-applied brake appliances and brake wheel
- Trough or round hatches and gravity or pneumatic gates as appropriate
Release date: Available now
Road names: Round hatches and pneumatic gates — El Rexene Plastics, Rock Island, Shell Chemical, and painted gray with data only. Trough hatches and gravity gates — Archer Daniels Midland, Chessie System with Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks, and Denver & Rio Grande Western. Three road numbers per scheme; also available undecorated with both hatch and gate configurations.
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