30-75793 NORTH POLE CYLINDRICAL COVERED HOPPER W/ CHRISTMAS LIGHTS-O QuickBooks The Walthers SceneMaster Dry Bulk

The Walthers SceneMaster Dry Bulk Trailer is an HO Scale replica of trailers which are common sights on highways and in industrial areas

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30-75793 NORTH POLE CYLINDRICAL COVERED HOPPER W/ CHRISTMAS LIGHTS-O QuickBooks The Walthers SceneMaster Dry BulkUntil 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 Standards 70 ton PS 2 became the first mass produced covered hopper