33' 2-Bay Rib Side Hopper -- Lehigh Valley #27432

These ready-to-run cars feature prepainted and lettered, injection-molded styrene bodies. Models include free-rolling Delrin(R) trucks with contoured axles, truck-mounted Magne-Matic(R) couplers and diecast metal underframes. Cars also feature movable hopper gates. This 33' ribbed side hopper is modeled after the prototype built in August of 1919 by the American Car and Foundry (ACF). These types of cars were used to haul coal, the major source of revenue for the LV. With the amount of this commodity that the LV moved, it quickly earned the nickname "Route of the Black Diamond."