Rapido Trains 158005A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car BC Rail - Early # Varies Pullman Turn on the transmitter

Turn on the transmitter

marker lamps were replaced with “frogeye” electric marker lights on the roof

No "line of sight" is necessary between the transmitter and receiver

Grain tank with "self-folding" covers can be opened

spare glow plug

Rapido Trains 158005A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car BC Rail - Early # Varies Pullman Turn on the transmitterRapido Trains 158005A HO Scale NSC Ballast Car BC Rail Early # 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 to