MTH 30-75471 O Erie 4-Bay Hopper DwDetails-7.20-5.50-18.00-8.00-6.00-1 The Trainz SKU for this

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11552454

Trainz Product Id: 11593194

Trainz Product Id: 12157762

Road Name: Central Michigan (CMGN)

Trainz Product Id: 12308708

MTH 30-75471 O Erie 4-Bay Hopper DwDetails-7.20-5.50-18.00-8.00-6.00-1 The Trainz SKU for thisUntil the advent of the covered hopper, bulk commodities like grain and cement were packed in sacks and loaded into boxcars. Loading and unloading was a tedious, time consuming affair. In the 1930s, a few railroads took the basic coal hopper design and added a roof with loading hatches, enabling bulk commodities to be loaded from the top and unloaded from the bottom. In 1953, Pullman Standard's 70 ton PS 2 became the first mass produced covered hopper