Atlas N Master | Difco Dump Car | MNCW

Side Dump cars are a very versatile class of railroad car, designed to deposit their load to either side of the tracks, rather than between the rails like a ballast hopper. This feature is utilized by the railroads in maintenance-of-way roles for rapidly building up fills and cuts with stone, rip-rap or soil as well as for depositing ballast. Side dump cars are also used in revenue service hauling ore, limestone, gravel, and coal, in industrial settings hauling waste or recycling materials, and in mining operations. Their low sides enable easy loading of material, and their rapid discharge rates – some less than 10 seconds – and ability to take a lot of abuse have earned them the nickname of a “dump truck on rails”. The Atlas DIFCO (Differential Steel Car Company) side dump car is modeled after the air-activated, all-welded construction, 50 cubic yard car which has been a familiar fixture on the rails both in the US and abroad from the late 1960s through today, and features prototypically accurate scale dimensions, roller bearing trucks, and knuckle couplers.

Features:
• AccuMate® couplers
• Accurate painting and printing
• 100-ton roller-bearing trucks

AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.

Difco dump car sizes vary, with full-scale models typically designed for up to 100 tons capacity and around 50 cubic yards in volume. Model versions are available in various scales, such as 45-foot HO scale models based on the 50-cubic yard prototypes.

Full-scale Difco dump cars
*Capacity: Built to carry up to 100 tons.
*Volume: Typically around 50 cubic yards for the air-activated models.
*Construction: All-welded steel construction.
*Dumping action: Designed to dump to either the left or right side of the tracks.

Model versions
*HO scale: Models, such as the 45-foot version, are based on the 50 cubic yard prototypes and feature details like pneumatic cylinders and side doors.
*N scale: Atlas offers N scale models based on the 50 cubic yard prototype, which have prototypically accurate scale dimensions.