Micro Trains ~ Z Scale ~ Great Northern Twin Bay Hopper #73678 ~ 53300162
These 33’ twin bay hoppers with offset sides are brown with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1931, this 2160 cu.ft. hopper belonged to a 500-car series and was used in general service, carrying coal, rock, iron ores, and occasionally produce. Great Northern was a Class 1 railroad founded in 1881 and eventually was merged with Northern Pacific and others to form Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970.
These 33’ twin bay hoppers with offset sides are brown with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1931, this 2160 cu.ft. hopper belonged to a 500-car series and was used in general service, carrying coal, rock, iron ores, and occasionally produce. Great Northern was a Class 1 railroad founded in 1881 and eventually was merged with Northern Pacific and others to form Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970.
