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54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Burlington
No. 5302 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Cargill
No.5303 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Co-op Marketing
No. 5304 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Milwaukee Road
No. 5306 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
MKT
No. 5305 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Northern Pacific
No.5307 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Pillsbury
No. 5308 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covere Hopper
Rio Grande
No. 5309 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Rock Island
No. 5310 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Santa Fe
No. 5301 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Soo Line
No. 5311 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Union Pacific
No. 5312 -1971 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Union Pacific (Red, White & Blue)
No. 5313 -1975 Release
54-foot Pullman-Standard Covered Hopper
Undecorated
No. 5300 -1971 Release
Athearn model is Pullman-Standard's 4,740 cubic foot Covered Hopper.
Select roadnames featured separately applied herald or logo plates on the model's sides. This was a somewhat uncommon
feature for the time on any HO-scale model. Illustrated is Athearn's early 1971 ad announcing its new PS-4740 Hopper,
also new were GE U28B and U28Cs.
In collecting Athearn examples, you'll discover many more roadnames than
ever cataloged by the company. Bev-Bel and Rail Runner Custom Cars offered unique lettering examples for this Athearn
produced model.
Tangent Scale Models offers an excellent PS-2CD 4,740. Tangent's 4,740 model was introduced
in 2007.
TYCO's 1974 release and later IHC Hobby re-issue model is similar to Athearn 4,740
with exceptions to the stirrup steps. TYCO's tooling shortened the stirrups.
There are similar Pullman Standard Covered Hoppers produced in HO-scale. Among
them, Life-Like's Proto 2000 line includes the 4,427 PS-2CD Hopper. The Proto 2000 model is a High-Side 4,427 example
and was introduced in 1999.
InterMountain sells a 3-Bay PS-2CD 4,750 cubic foot Covered Hopper model. This example is a
slightly larger prototype compared to Athearn's 4,740 model. InterMountain's 4,750 was
introduced in 1993.
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