Fox Valley to Re-Release Red Caboose Hoppers

In the next few months, Fox Valley will be updating and re-releasing four different hopper models. These toolings were selected from among the many they acquired from Red Caboose.

All four models will now have body-mount couplers, metal wheels and etched metal details. All of these models were originally produced by Precision Masters (typically as kits) but acquired by Red Caboose and later by Fox Valley. I looked at these models and they seem at first glance to have been redone quite nicely.

Models include:

• 2-Bay 3000 cf Pullman Standard Covered Hopper
• 3-Bay 4700 cf FMC (Food Machinery Company) Covered Hopper
• 3-Bay 4740 cf Hopper Pullman Standard Covered Hopper
• 3-Bay 4750 cf Hopper Pullman Standard Covered Hopper