Rapido Trains 158010A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car Milwaukee Road MILW # Varies Age_9+ and improvements in technology

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Broadway Limited Imports 8119 HO Scale 70 Ton Triple Hopper Seaboard SAL 38256

JTT 92030 Cedar Trees 2" to 4" Scenic N Scale

Rapido Trains 158010A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car Milwaukee Road MILW # Varies Age_9+ and improvements in technologyRapido Trains 158010A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car Milwaukee Road MILW # 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