Athearn N ATH28359 PS-2 2893 3-Bay Covered Hopper Southern Pacific SP #401970

Description

Athearn N ATH28359 PS-2 2893 3-Bay Covered Hopper Southern Pacific SP #401970

MODEL FEATURES:

• Separately applied round roof hatches, brake wheel, and walkway
• Separately applied outlets and detailed braces
• Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular types of track
• Minimum radius: 11”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

Pullman-Standard dominated the covered hopper car market beginning in the 1950s, thanks to the design success of their PS-2 series of covered hoppers. Designed to carry bulk commodities, such as grain, cement and plastic pellets, these cars roamed the rails of North America for decades, attesting to their utilitarian functionality.