Auscision Models - NNCH-17 - Open Hopper, 3-Bay, NHFF Bomb Bay - Swietelsky Rail - NHKF-43208-E

Prototype History: These open hoppers were built between 1982 and 1984 by EPT. They were made from stainless steel. These hoppers were built specifically to handle the volume of coal that spiked in the 1970s in New South Wales. Mines in the region such as Baal Bone and Charbon Clarence in the Hunter Valley were incredibly productive and a new high volume railcar was called for. The cars were nicknamed ‘Bomb Bay’ hoppers, as they were the first type of hopper fitted with 3 large longitudinal bottom discharge doors.

Their arrival coincided with the expansion of the export coal terminals at Pt Waratah and Pt Kembla Inner Harbour near the city of Newcastle, north of Sydney.

Road Name History: Swietelsky Rail Australia (SRA) is an established and reliable rail maintenance service provider, providing specialised mechanised maintenance solutions across Australia including ballast cleaning, track resurfacing and flash butt welding.

SRA has cemented a foundation as the industry leader in ballast cleaning in New South Wales, having successfully delivered more than 300 kilometres of ballast cleaning in the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Hunter Valley network since September 2014. In addition to RM80 and RM95 ballast cleaning and spoil wagon consists, SRA’s established fleet includes high speed plain track and turnout resurfacing capabilities operating at over 96% reliability.

Brand/Importer Information: We are proud to produce some of the highest quality Scale model trains in the world. We strive to make the most accurately detailed locomotives and rolling stock for the ever growing Australian market.