45' Difco(R) Dump Car - Ready to Run -- British Columbia Railway # 996169. The WalthersProto HO Scale 45' Difco Dump Car is based on a very distinctive prototype which is the railroad equivalent of a dump truck.
45' Difco(R) Dump Car - Ready to Run -- British Columbia Railway # 996169
The WalthersProto HO Scale 45' Difco Dump Car is based on a very distinctive prototype which is the railroad equivalent of a dump truck. Designed to carry up to 100 tons, the prototypes are fitted with large pneumatic cylinders and side doors. They can dump to the left or right of the tracks - perfect when placing rip-rap or rock fill along the roadbed during trackwork projects. While used primarily in work train service for dumping ballast, fill and rip rap, they can also be used in revenue service to carry sand, gravel, cinders, coal, limestone and other loose bulk materials used in industry. Features of the WalthersProto Difco Dump Car include:
Limited Edition - One Time Run of These Roadnumbers
Railroading's Dump Truck Hauls Ballast, Rip-Rap, Fill, Sand & Much Mor
In Service 1960s to Present
Used in Work Train and Revenue Servic
Prototype's Large Pneumatic Cylinders & Side Drop Doors Allow Dumping to Left or Right of Tracks
These detailed replicas will add realism to your model railroad's work train consists. The Difco Dump Car is one of many highly detailed WalthersProto HO Scale freight cars.
HO Scale
Supplemental Description
Alternative product SKU's: 920-110062, WAL920-110062
