US BNSF Hopper Car Set Era VI

Prototype

Twelve Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC (BNSF) coal hopper cars. Version with five unloading hatches on the car floor. The cars look as they currently do in real life.

Highlights

• All the cars include load inserts of coal.
• Operation with knuckle couplers and standard close couplers is possible.
• Ideal for unit trains.
• All the cars individually packaged in a master package.

Model

The trucks are detailed and have special wheelsets. All the cars have a hand wheel at one end and feature load inserts of coal. The NEM pockets can be fixed in place with screws for operation with knuckle couplers. These screws are included with this set. All the cars are individually packaged in a master package. Length over the couplers per car approximately 19 cm / 7-1/2″. DC wheelset E320552 (NEM), E320389 (RP25).

An add-on hopper car set with another six cars with other car numbers can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 24911 with information about the required exchange wheelsets. The motive power for these cars is the class ES44AC and it can be found under item numbers 38446 and 38447.