Model Number: 949-8203

Trainz Product Id: 11469027

The Trainz SKU for this item is P12021151

a decorative metal whistle and ProtoSound 2

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MTH 30-75490 O Gauge BNSF Cylindrical 4-Bay Hopper Car #477432 ProductID_11492854 Model Number: 949-8203This is an MTH 30 75490 O Gauge BNSF Cylindrical 4 Bay Hopper Car #477432. Until the advent of the covered hopper, bulk commodities like grain and cement were packed in sacks and loaded into boxcars. Loading and unloading was a tedious, time consuming affair. In the 1930s, a few railroads took the basic coal hopper design and added a roof with loading hatches, enabling bulk commodities to be loaded from the top and unloaded from the bottom. In 1953,