Description
In 1961 the Halliburton Company teamed up with Pullman-Standard to create one of the strangest-looking freight cars to ever roll on North American rails — the Halliburton Cement Car, a pneumatic covered hopper designed to haul dry bulk materials critical to oilfield drilling operations: cement, pozzolan and fly ash. Instead of the usual angled hopper bays, these cars carried three vertically mounted cylindrical tanks on a flatcar-style platform, with brake wheel at one end and vertical handrail supports on both ends. Each car was 43 feet 7 inches long with 70-ton capacity and 2,400 cubic feet of volume. The flatcar base was built by Pullman-Standard, then shipped to Halliburton's Duncan, Oklahoma facility for tanks, piping, ladders and running boards. Just 75 were built (HWCX 50-124), but they earned over forty years of service.
Rapido's HO Halliburton Pneumatic Railcar is the first time this distinctive car has been offered as a ready-to-run plastic model with high detail. Newly tooled from original blueprints and measurements, the model features full underbody detail and piping, separate metal grab irons, a stainless-steel metal roof walk, semi-scale metal knuckle couplers, and free-rolling trucks with profiled metal wheelsets.
Available as single cars or six-packs covering multiple eras (1960s, 1970s and 1980s) with prototype road numbers for each. MSRP $64.95 USD / $79.95 CAD single, $389.70 USD / $479.70 CAD six-pack. This was a conditional release with a 5% early-bird discount through October 15, 2025. Suggested minimum radius is 18". Pre-orders require a 25% deposit; balance collected when stock arrives.
This unit: HO Halliburton Cement Car: 1960s Scheme: Single Car (1960s)
- First time as a ready-to-run plastic Halliburton pneumatic railcar with high detail
- Newly tooled from original blueprints and measurements
- Full underbody details and piping
- Separate metal grab irons; stainless-steel metal roof walk
- Semi-scale metal knuckle couplers; free-rolling trucks with profiled metal wheelsets
- Eras covered: 1960s, 1970s and 1980s with prototype HWCX 50-124 road numbers
- Single car or six-pack; 18" minimum radius
📦 Preorder details:
Expected ship date: see the Rapido Product Delivery Schedule for the latest dates
25% deposit required at checkout, balance charged when product ships.
Preorder cancellation: 7 days from order date; deposit non-refundable after that.
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