Description
The Hart Selective Discharge ballast car was the standard 70-ton ballast hopper for distributing crushed stone, slag, and aggregate along North American rights-of-way. SOO Line maintained a Hart 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 #60125, companion to SOO #60103 (Atlas 50003541). Features include accurate paint, free-rolling roller-bearing trucks, AccuMate® magnetic knuckle couplers, separately-applied brake wheel, and underframe door detail.
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).
- Pair with Atlas 50003541 (SOO #60103) for a two-car ballast set behind your SOO Line MOW power.
Specifications
- Scale: N (1:160)
- Prototype: 70-ton Hart Selective Discharge ballast car
- Railroad: SOO Line (MOW)
- Road Number: #60125
- Couplers: AccuMate magnetic knuckle, body-mount
- Brand: Atlas
- Item Number: 50003542