Prototype: Twelve coal transport cars, so-called hopper cars, painted and lettered for the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). Version with five unloading hatches on the car body. The cars look as they currently do in real life.
Highlights
Model: These cars are completely new tooling and feature detailed construction with different car numbers. The trucks are detailed and include special wheelsets. All the cars have hand wheels on the ends and load inserts with real scale-sized coal. The NEM pockets can be fixed in place with shims for operation with knuckle couplers. These shims are included with this set. All the cars are individually packaged and there is a master package. Length over the couplers per car approximately 19 cm / 7-1/2". DC wheelset E320552 (NEM), E320389 (RP25).
