MTH Railking 30-75708 O Gauge 4 Bay Cylindrical Hopper Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 TV Plastic Era: 2006 to present

Era: 2006 to present

Walthers Mainline 910-5546 HO Scale G85 85' Flatcar Trailer Train VTTX 300588

Walthers 910-5910 HO GSC Bulkhead Flatcar Northern Pacific NP 67104

directly under the rear radiator intake grill

11sec @6v/

MTH Railking 30-75708 O Gauge 4 Bay Cylindrical Hopper Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 TV Plastic Era: 2006 to presentMTH Railking 30 75708 O Gauge 4 Bay Cylindrical Hopper Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 Until 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.