Description
The Hart Selective Discharge ballast car was the standard 70-ton ballast hopper used by North American railroads from the early 20th century onward for distributing crushed stone, slag, and other ballast aggregate along the right-of-way. SOO Line maintained a sizable Hart ballast fleet for maintenance-of-way duties on its Midwest and prairie main lines.
This is Atlas's N scale Hart ballast car in SOO Line MOW yellow with billboard lettering as road number #60103. Features include accurate paint and lettering, free-rolling roller-bearing trucks with AccuMate® magnetic knuckle couplers, separately-applied brake wheel, and selectively-discharging door detail along the underframe.
How to use
- Any N scale Code 55 or Code 80 track.
- Body-mount AccuMate couplers, Micro-Trains compatible.
- Minimum recommended radius: 9.75".
- Load with fine N-scale ballast (Woodland Scenics B71/B72/B73, or Arizona Rock & Mineral) for realistic photos.
- Pair with Atlas 50003542 (SOO #60125) for a two-car ballast set — model a SOO MOW work train.
Specifications
- Scale: N (1:160)
- Prototype: 70-ton Hart Selective Discharge ballast car
- Railroad: SOO Line (MOW)
- Road Number: #60103
- Couplers: AccuMate magnetic knuckle, body-mount
- Brand: Atlas
- Item Number: 50003541