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Hopper Car

The same 40' hopper car model serves in TYCO's line as the 344-series Hopper Car and the 366-series Billboard Hopper.  The car is a one piece shell with separate brake wheel and underframe.  The standard TYCO talgo trucks are used for this car.  The car is a very basic model and extremely similar examples are found from AHM, Athearn, Bachmann, Cox, Lionel-HO and other manufacturers causing some identification confusion.  The TYCO models do carry the company's name raised on the underframe bar.  The first appearance of the Hopper Car pre-dates the '70s Brown Box Era.  The car is first found in TYCO's 1969-70 annual product catalog.

Hopper Car B&M

Boston & Maine
(No.344-D)
(1974-1976)

Burlington (CB&Q)
(No.344-B)
(1973-1976)
 

Hopper Car Burlington Northern

Burlington Northern
(No.344-G)
(1979-1982)

Hopper Car Conrail

Conrail
(No.344-H)
(1980-1992)

Hopper Car Reading

Reading
(No.344-A) 
(1973-1976)

Hopper Car Virginian

Virginian
(No.344-C)
(1971-1982)

Hopper Car Union Pacific

Union Pacific
(No.344-E)
(1975-1992)