N Atlas Trinity PD5000 Covered Hopper Conagra Mills [CAGX] #95195 - 50005673 Figure-rise a payload section

a payload section

upper hull & lower hull

21 pieces of 18” radius curved track

and plenty of chrome parts

represents the fifth and final generation of this exclusive line

N Atlas Trinity PD5000 Covered Hopper Conagra Mills [CAGX] #95195 - 50005673 Figure-rise a payload sectionThe Pressure Differential, or PD covered hopper was designed as a competitor to the General American Transportation Airslide hopper in the early 1970s to transport light, powdered materials. Unlike the Airslide, which forced pressurized air up through a fabric liner to help fluidize the cargo, the PS series of hoppers applied both a positive pressure of about 15 lbs. psi above the outlets as well as a vacuum at the outlet to help draw the cargo from