Difco(R) Dump Car - Ready to Run -- Southern #991981 (MOW Green, Reporting Marks on Panel #2)

Dump Trucks of the Track These very distinctive cars are the railroad equivalent of a dump truck. Designed to carry up to 100 tons, they prototypes are fitted with large pneumatic cylinders and side doors, and can dump to the left or right of the tracks. While used primarily in work train service for dumping ballast, fill and rip rap, they can also be used in revenue service to carry sand, gravel,cinders, fly ash, coal, limestone and other loose bulk materials used in industry. The models feature factory-installed end handrails, appropriate free-rolling trucks, Accumate(TM) knuckle couplers and clear plastic storage/display cases. MP† #55101 MP† #55198 MP† #55237 GN X-7052