Looking for a work car for your maintenance trains? The Rapido Trains ballast hopper, in Canadian Pacific colors, is exactly that kind of piece. The scheme will resonate especially with your Canadian customers.
What sets this model apart is Rapido's signature prototype fidelity. Based on the ballast hoppers developed by National Steel Car in the mid-1970s, this open maintenance-of-way car is built to carry and unload ballast along the right-of-way. Removable ballast load, die-cast metal frame, separately applied metal grab irons, factory-applied air hoses and cut bars, metal wheels and semi-scale couplers: everything is here for a realistic ready-to-run work car.
Features
- NSC-type ballast hopper (removable load)
- Canadian Pacific livery
- NSC-type ballast hopper (maintenance-of-way)
- Removable ballast load
- Die-cast metal frame
- Separately applied metal grab irons
- Factory-applied air hoses and cut bars
- Body-mounted semi-scale knuckle couplers
- Free-rolling turned metal wheels
- Fully detailed underframe (brake rigging, reservoir, cylinder)
- Crisp printing and lettering, legible under magnification
- Runs on Code 83 and 100 rail
- Weighted to industry standards for reliable operation
- Ready-to-run (RTR) model
- HO scale
- Recommended minimum radius: 18"
- Made by Rapido Trains
Looking for a work car for your maintenance trains? The Rapido Trains ballast hopper, in Canadian Pacific colors, is exactly that kind of piece. The scheme will resonate especially with your Canadian customers.
What sets this model apart is Rapido's signature prototype fidelity. Based on the ballast hoppers developed by National Steel Car in the mid-1970s, this open maintenance-of-way car is built to carry and unload ballast along the right-of-way. Removable ballast load, die-cast metal frame, separately applied metal grab irons, factory-applied air hoses and cut bars, metal wheels and semi-scale couplers: everything is here for a realistic ready-to-run work car.
Features
- NSC-type ballast hopper (removable load)
- Canadian Pacific livery
- NSC-type ballast hopper (maintenance-of-way)
- Removable ballast load
- Die-cast metal frame
- Separately applied metal grab irons
- Factory-applied air hoses and cut bars
- Body-mounted semi-scale knuckle couplers
- Free-rolling turned metal wheels
- Fully detailed underframe (brake rigging, reservoir, cylinder)
- Crisp printing and lettering, legible under magnification
- Runs on Code 83 and 100 rail
- Weighted to industry standards for reliable operation
- Ready-to-run (RTR) model
- HO scale
- Recommended minimum radius: 18"
- Made by Rapido Trains