Rapido Trains 158004A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car CP Rail - Branchline # Varies MILW Functional Extra Scale features —

Functional Extra Scale features — such as LED navigation lights

ends and doors with car bodies with six

A machinist square

Wheelbase (to rear axle): 17

Rapido Trains 158004A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car CP Rail - Branchline # Varies MILW Functional Extra Scale features —Rapido Trains 158004A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car CP Rail Branchline # Varies Ballast! A commodity that is rarely discussed, yet plays a pivotal part in the upkeep of any railroads infrastructure. Many railroads simply used older open top hoppers to carry and dump ballast along their right of ways. In the mid 1970s, National Steel Car (NSC) designed and developed a welded open top hopper specifically for ballast service, complete with four bottom chutes