Lionel 6-84779 O Gauge B&LE Ore Car 6pk

The ore car, was born largely out of need for more efficiently maximize a hopper's space. This particular product could just as easily be hauled in the standard hopper normally assigned in coal service. However, because ore is so much denser a hopper can only be partially filled before its weight limit is reached. In some cases railroads continued to move ore in this fashion, even though the postwar period, providing the odd scene of a "loaded" 50 or 75-ton hopper only half full. The Jenny solved this problem as it was much shorter, in both length and height, than its larger cousin but was otherwise identical in operation featuring bottom-fed chutes (usually one or two) in which ore could quickly be unloaded.