Description

USRA 55-Ton 2-Bay Hopper – Erie #159100 – N Scale. The USRA 55-Ton hopper was designed by the United States Railway Administration, the government-owned rail network,during World War I as a standardized hopper to relieve a rolling stock shortage during the war. Following the return of the railroads to their original operators,manycontinued to utilize these 55-Ton hoppers, and a large numberof similar types were constructed to supplement them. The USRA hopper saw usefrom 1918, and it was even possible to catch them in certain roles right upuntil the 1970s. Bachman’s USRA 55-Ton 2-Bay Hopper displays accurate detail and comes lettered for prototypical road names.

Features include:

NMRA profile wheels
needle-point axles
body-mountedE-Z Mate Mark II couplers