Filling out your modern freight trains and looking for a versatile covered hopper? The Atlas ACF 5250 Covered Hopper in Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) colors fits right into consists from the 1960s to today. Launched by ACF in 1964 and built in nearly 20,000 units, this Center Flow hopper mainly hauled plastic pellets (round hatches and pneumatic unloading), with some versions adapted for grain.
This Atlas Master Plus model stands out for its prototype fidelity: Atlas offers three body-style variations to reflect the car's evolution from the 1960s into the 21st century, with roadname-specific hatch and discharge-outlet configurations. An etched-metal roof walk, separately applied wire grab irons and brake lines, free-rolling 100-ton trucks, and metal knuckle couplers round out a realistic, ready-to-run hopper.
Features
- ACF 5250 Center Flow Covered Hopper
- Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) livery
- Road numbers available: #260016, #260018
- Three body-style variations by era (1960s into the 21st century)
- Roadname-specific hatch and discharge-outlet configurations
- Etched-metal roof walk
- Separately applied wire grab irons and brake lines
- Injection-molded plastic body, fine-scale detail
- Free-rolling 100-ton trucks
- Metal wheels
- Metal knuckle couplers
- Crisp, accurate decoration
- Ready to run
- HO scale
- Recommended minimum curve radius: 18"
- Made by Atlas (Master Plus line)
Filling out your modern freight trains and looking for a versatile covered hopper? The Atlas ACF 5250 Covered Hopper in Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) colors fits right into consists from the 1960s to today. Launched by ACF in 1964 and built in nearly 20,000 units, this Center Flow hopper mainly hauled plastic pellets (round hatches and pneumatic unloading), with some versions adapted for grain.
This Atlas Master Plus model stands out for its prototype fidelity: Atlas offers three body-style variations to reflect the car's evolution from the 1960s into the 21st century, with roadname-specific hatch and discharge-outlet configurations. An etched-metal roof walk, separately applied wire grab irons and brake lines, free-rolling 100-ton trucks, and metal knuckle couplers round out a realistic, ready-to-run hopper.
Features
- ACF 5250 Center Flow Covered Hopper
- Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) livery
- Road numbers available: #260016, #260018
- Three body-style variations by era (1960s into the 21st century)
- Roadname-specific hatch and discharge-outlet configurations
- Etched-metal roof walk
- Separately applied wire grab irons and brake lines
- Injection-molded plastic body, fine-scale detail
- Free-rolling 100-ton trucks
- Metal wheels
- Metal knuckle couplers
- Crisp, accurate decoration
- Ready to run
- HO scale
- Recommended minimum curve radius: 18"
- Made by Atlas (Master Plus line)