Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Tal 963 (Kkt-62) four-axle hopper car. Version with two unloading hatches per side and a brakeman's platform at one end. The car has Minden-Dorstfeld design trucks. Used to transport moisture-sensitive and moisture-non-sensitive freight. The car looks as it did in the Eighties.
Model: This hopper car has detailed construction including a brakeman's platform, a set wheel on the end, and a close coupler mechanism. Length over the buffers 71 mm / 2-3/4".
