N Union Pacific ex-Southern Pacific Rd# 496490 wizards-of-the-coast Hex-drive heads deliver a positive

Hex-drive heads deliver a positive and secure connection for easy installation and removal

Built as a B&O class HC-44 two bay covered hopper in the mid-1970s

Optional LED light buckets further elevate the scale appeal

Ultra-Flex design with three fused layers

Squeaker The Octopus features no assembly

N Union Pacific ex-Southern Pacific Rd# 496490 wizards-of-the-coast Hex-drive heads deliver a positiveBuilt in 1980 by American Car & Foundry for Southern Pacific, this 4650 cubic foot three bay covered hopper soon found its way to Union Pacifics roster to be re painted after the 1998 merger, but retained its SP reporting mark. Southern Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially in the 1970s and 1980s.