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PRR H21a 4-Bay Hopper 

 

1911 thru 1917 70 ton H21a "quad" hoppers were introduced for coal service. During 1922 and 1923 all early H21 hoppers were converted to H21a's by replacing the 50 ton trucks with 70 ton trucks equiping them for coal service and bringing the total to 36,000 H21a hopper cars. The original 1909 thru 1930 quad hoppers were built with the "old style" double door hopper. During the 1930's and early 1940's all old style double-door hoppers were replaced with the "saw tooth" hopper, increasing capacity by 39 to 40 cubic feet making them easier to maintain.

  • Circle Keystone Lettering was applied starting in Jan 1930

  • Shadow Keystone lettering was applied starting in June 1954

  • Plain Keystone (black car) was applied starting in July 1956

  • PRR Initials only started in early 1960's

KIT INCLUDES: injection molded plastic body, hopper doors, wine door latches with door bracing, coal load, interior bracing, end mounted brake wheel or top mounted brake wheel, X2f couplers, one piece molded trucks, and 33" chilled wheels with RP-25 flanges on brass axles.  The production molds were made using the original PRR drawings as our guide.

Coal load for the H21 made by Blue Mountain #30-45  for a pack of 2 loads.

You can order any quantity (1 and up).  
Different road numbers are available as indicated.  
Most cars have 3 or 12 different road numbers available at a time 
When we sell out of a series, we remake the cars with new road numbers    

List of car numbers used: click here!

Available in the following roadnames:
#54050 Undecorated
#54051 PRR Circle Keystone 

#54054 PRR Circle Keystone, 
w/o car number

#54052 PRR Shadow Keystone 

#54055 PRR Shadow Keystone, 
w/o car number
#54053 PRR Modern Lettering 

#54056 PRR Modern, 
w/o car number

#54057 PRR Early Version 

#54062 PRR Early Lettering, 
w/o car number
#54058 PRR Block Lettering only 1 car #

#54063 PRR Block Lettering, 
w/o car number

#54059 Penn Central 
#54060 Penn Central 

#54065 Penn Central, 
w/o car number

#54061 PRR Circle Key 'Coal Goes To War' 

#54064 PRR Circle Keystone "Coal Goes To War' 
w/o car number
#54066 N&W 

#54068 Virginian 
#54069 PRR Ice Breaker Car with Pewter 
Ice Breaker  only 1 car #

List of car numbers used: click here!

PRR H21 with Clam Shell Hopper Doors 

Available in the following roadnames:

54100 Undecorated
54101 PRR 

54102 PRR Circle Keystone
54103 Berth Coal 

54104 Donora Southern
54105 Erie 

54106 B&O
54108 Bethlehem Mines

54111 PRR Lines 
54112 Fairport, Painesville & Eastern 

54113 Rainey Wood Coke Co.
54114 Alcoa Ore Co. 

54115 Republic Iron & Steel 
54116 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.

54117 Davies Steel