Walthers Mainline 910-56348 HO 73' Wood Chip Hopper - KCS #503908

Add one of railroading's largest freight cars to your HO roster with the Walthers Mainline 73' Greenville 7,000 Cubic Foot Wood Chip Hopper lettered for Kansas City Southern #503908, sold as item 910-56348. Wood chips are among the lightest loads carried by rail, so they call for enormous cars like this Greenville design, built to move chips from sawmills to paper mills. Prototypes of these hoppers have run from the early 1970s to the present day.

Back by popular demand, item 910-56348 captures the prototype with prototypical interior bracing, authentic door latch details, and detailed brake gear. A heavy die-cast metal underframe adds weight for reliable tracking, while 100-ton trucks carry correct 36" turned-metal RP-25 wheels and Proto MAX magnetic metal knuckle couplers. This ready-to-run Kansas City Southern #503908 car is a one-time run in limited quantity.

Key Features:
- HO scale (1:87) ready-to-run 73' Greenville 7,000 Cubic Foot Wood Chip Hopper
- Walthers Mainline item 910-56348
- Decorated for Kansas City Southern, road number #503908
- Prototypes in service from the early 1970s to the present
- Prototypical interior bracing and authentic door latch details
- Detailed brake gear and heavy die-cast metal underframe
- 100-ton trucks with correct 36" turned-metal RP-25 wheels
- Proto MAX magnetic metal knuckle couplers
- One-time run of this road number, limited quantity