3-bay Ortner Rapid Discharge Hopper Southern Pacific (N Scale)

This three bay Ortner Rapid Discharge hopper is painted SP red with white lettering and runs on SP red Barber® roller bearing trucks. The Ortner Freight Car Company of Cincinnati, Ohio (Now Trinity Industries) built two-bay, three-bay and four-bay versions of the Rapid Discharge hopper. The 'Rapid Discharge' design self-clears through the rails within 30 seconds and is perfect for carrying heavy aggregate. Built in November 1981, hoppers are stenciled with the familiar large Southern Pacific sans-serif road name. Most of the three-bays were owned by and in captive service of construction & utility companies, traveling in unit train fleets used for the transport of heavy material like stone aggregate, iron ore or limestone.