This Bachmann Silver Series(R) HO Scale USRA 55-Ton 2-Bay Open Hopper with Load is a model of cars built by the thousands to standardized plans beginning during WWI and shortly after and lasting into the 1960s. It features a detailed injection-molded body with realistic decoration, metal wheels, a molded coal load and E-Z Mate(R) magnetic knuckle couplers. The USRA 55-Ton Outside-Braced Hopper is part of the extensive line of Bachmann HO Scale freight cars.