Athearn Roundhouse HO PS-2 2003 Covered Hopper Norfolk & Western

Description

Railroad Short Name: NW

The PS-2 2003 covered hopper found itself in bulk commodity service as it entered service in the 1950s. The most common service was cement and sand. Towards the end of their careers, the PS-2 2003 covered hoppers were phased into limited non-interchange service hauling sand to different fuel bases for the parent railroad. Occasionally used as buffer cars in instances were a bulk load was not protected by a bulkhead, for example an unprotested lumber load on flat car would require a buffer car between the load and the locomotive.

Features:

• Fully assembled and ready-to-run
  Photo-etched roof walks
  Precision machined metal wheels
  Body mounted McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers
  Highly-detailed, injection molded body
  Painted and printed for realistic decoration
  Weighted for trouble-free operation
  Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
  Minimum radius: 15″