Covered Hopper

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Covered Hopper

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Covered Hopper Car

Covered Hoppers from 1973-74

Pictured above is the first set of Covered Hoppers from the 1973-74 catalog.

Unique among this first group are the Tide and Arm & Hammer cars.

A cousin to the 54' Center Flow Hopper, the Covered Hopper is also 54' in length. The Covered Hopper carries the model number 359 and first appears in the 1973-74 catalog. The car remained a standard offering for TYCO for many years, available in many "billboard" names. Letter designations following the model number, 359, arrive in the 1975-76 catalog for each name. For example, adding an "A" makes the 359-A the 'Budweiser' car.

IHC has issued this same Covered Hopper tooling in its own line of products in recent years.

Ajax

(No.359-D)

Arm & Hammer

(pictured above)

(No.359-?)

To date no Arm & Hammer TYCO Covered Hopper examples have been found. It is only speculation, but both the Arm & Hammer and Tide examples presented when this model was introduced in the early 1970s appear to be pre-production items that never were available.

Covered Hopper Boraxo

Boraxo

(No.359-B)

Covered Hopper Budweiser

Budweiser

(No.359-A)

C&H Sugar

(No.359-E)

Covered Hopper Jell-O

Jell-O

(No.359-F)

Covered Hopper Planters

Planters

(No.359-C)

Tide

(pictured above)

(No.359-?)

TYCO displays two cars in the introductory group of Covered Hoppers that appear to have never made beyond their catalog appearance. The Tide and Arm & Hammer examples are not known to exist as regular production models.

Last Updated January 3, 2008