Athearn #18784 PS 4740 Covered Hopper – Illinois Central #56800

MODEL FEATURES • Fully assembled and ready for your layout • Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers • 36” solid nickel silver wheels with RP25 contours operate on all • Roller bearing trucks popular brands of track • Weighted for optimum performance • Razor sharp painting and printing • Multi-packs feature unique road numbers • Minimum radius 18” PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO Pullman-Standard dominated the covered hopper car market beginning in the 1950s thanks to the design success of their PS-2 series of covered hoppers. In 1967 the 4740 cubic foot capacity covered hoppers were the successor to the earlier 4427 cubic foot design. PS responded to increasing demand for efficiency by the railroads and shippers alike carrying more per trip then the earlier covered hoppers. Designed to carry bulk commodities such as grain these cars roamed the rails of North America for decades attesting to their utilitarian functionality. This car type can still be seen today in service.