In 1979, North American Car Co. (NACC) began construction of a PD5000 series covered
hopper designed to haul flour, talc, corn starch, clays, kaolin and other powdered commodities. A majority of these 5150 cu. ft. cars were built between 1980 and 1987 in Murfreesboro, TN at the Butler Manufacturing plant. Then in late 1980s, NACC went bankrupt and sold their cars to GE Rail Services while Trinity purchased the rights of the design from NACC. Trinity began producing a 5125 cu. ft. hopper in 1988, with a variety of differences in the design. This included changes to the exterior of the car including a different panel configuration and a wider end cage that “hung” off the side of the car.

Thrall also began to produce a carbon copy of the NACC car after the bankruptcy of NACC. Thrall began producing a 5165 cu. ft. hopper that had two distinct body styles. The phase 1 body style looked very similar to the NACC design but with a reduction
of horizontal side panels on the side of the car. The phase 2 body style was more like a full body cylindrical, where the bulges on the side of the car went all the way to the bulkheads.

Discount:
A 10% discount is available for anyone ordering 4 or more models. 
The discount will be applied to your total when the models are in and ready to be billed.