Lehigh Valley - Road #: 15811 - 2-Bay War Emergency Composite Hopper
Announced September 20th 2021
Best Price Deadline is October 20th 2021
ETA is December 20th 2022
Lehigh Valley had this group of 500 hoppers built by Bethlehem Steel in 1943. This group followed the official “War Emergency” design which the 1942 delivery from Bethlehem did not. The earlier cars had the same Pratt truss design but were about two and a half feet shorter. The war effort did not slow the push for higher capacity freight cars. This run will be available in four new road numbers.