38-500B BR 35T 'Covhop' Covered Hopper BR Bauxite (TOPS) No.B870780 Decoder Rapido is pleased to announce

Rapido is pleased to announce the CN/ONR NSC-built Barrel ore hoppers

we introduced the idle mode

It is also of full monocoque construction (one piece body shell) with an all-welded mild steel

although they couldn’t be fired at the same time

the ‘Iron Mink’s’ metal construction made it an ideal gunpowder van

38-500B BR 35T 'Covhop' Covered Hopper BR Bauxite (TOPS) No.B870780 Decoder Rapido is pleased to announceBritish Railways produced many standard designs for locomotives and rolling stock, amongst which was the CovHop introduced from 1952 to become the standard covered hopper wagon to transport powders such as sand, soda ash and sugar. The Branchline Covhop boasts a number of interchangeable features allowing individual wagons to be modelled accurately and the wagon depicted here is one with roller bearing axle boxes, OLEO buffers, and disc brakes these