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70 Ton 14 Panel 3-Bay Hoppers!

These ready-to-run cars will feature:
  • Diecast slope sheet-hopper bay-center sill assembly;
  • Injection molded plastic sides, ends, and hopper doors;
  • Fully molded brake tank, valve and air lines;
  • Slope sheet braces;
  • Separately molded vertical brake rod/lever assembly (a first on an N scale open hopper!);
  • Body mounted brake hose detail;
  • Coal load;
  • Body mounted magnetically operating couplers;
  • Close coupling;
  • Friction or roller bearing trucks as appropriate for each road name.
All road names will be available in multiple road numbers.

Hopper Overview
14-Panel Version
  1. Injection molded plastic sides and ends.
  2. Slope sheet braces.
  3. Body mounted brake hose detail.
  4. Air tank and valve assembly is different between the two hopper designs. The brake wheels are also different.
  5. Separate hopper door castings.
  6. Diecast slope sheet-hopper bay-center sill.

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The AAR had a standard 70 ton rib side hopper.  However New York Central made changes to the AAR design in 1956 and their variation became popular with more railroads than the AAR stock standard!  These cars were lower and shorter than later 90 and 100 ton cars but had more ribs (making for 14 full length height panels.)  Thirteen of the fifteen ribs were welded in place instead of riveted.  These cars were built by a number of builders from 1956 through the late 60s with many serving through the 1990s and perhaps beyond...
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Part #: BS-14363 - Peabody Coal Co. [yellow/green] (PCCX) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 3-Pack
During the 50s and 60s, Peabody worked mines in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.  Peabody is now known as Peabody Energy and, "is the largest private-sector coal company in the world.[2] Its primary business consists of the mining, sale and distribution of coal, which is purchased for use in electricity generation and steelmaking. Peabody also markets, brokers and trades coal through offices in China, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and the United States. Other commercial initiatives include the development of mine-mouth coal-fueled plants, the management of coal reserve holdings, and technologies to transform coal to natural gas and transportation fuels."
Walthers has commissioned this exclusive Special run that you can order here and SAVE!
Some information provided: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

Fifteenth Announcement

Each road name will be available in multiple road numbers. For instance, the single will have a different road number than the cars in a 3-Pack. So to obtain all available road numbers in a given paint scheme, order a single and one of each multipack. The multipack cars are in individual jewel cases that are shrink wrapped together and therefore can be broken up.

Part #: BS-14311 - Conrail [black] (CR) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Conrail-black 14-panel hoppers.  Many of Conrail’s 14-panel hoppers of both EL and PC heritage never made it into the full brown paint scheme (as released by Bluford Shops in 2011.)  Instead, their black paint was patched and repaired where necessary, new CR road numbers were applied and they were pressed into service.  This run represents these utilitarian cars.

 
Part #: BS-14312 - Conrail [black] (CR) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14321 - Western Maryland (WM) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Western Maryland-2nd Version 14-panel hoppers. When Western Maryland received these hoppers from Bethlehem Steel in 1958, they had a bright yellow top chord and ends (also released by Bluford Shops in 2011) denoting the cars were equipped with roller bearing trucks. As the years passed and roller bearing trucks became more prevelent, WM decided that all of the extra yellow trim was superfluous and stopped applying it as cars were repainted during normal servicing.

 
Part #: BS-14322 - Western Maryland (WM) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14323 - Western Maryland (WM) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 3-Pack
 
Part #: BS-14331 - Erie Lackawanna-yellow rib (EL) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Erie Lackawanna-yellow rib 14-panel hoppers.  Erie Lackawanna’s second and third deliveries of 14-panel hoppers came with yellow stripes over the end-most ribs.  There are unconfirmed reports that the yellow striped hoppers were intended to move iron ore when it was in season and bituminous coal when it was not.  In practice, it seemed to be more of a suggestion than a real assignment.  This run will be available in 6 road numbers with “bituminous coal” loads..

 
Part #: BS-14332 - Erie Lackawanna-yellow rib (EL) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14333 - Erie Lackawanna-yellow rib (EL) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 3-Pack
 
Part #: BS-14341 - Delaware & Hudson ex-EL (D&H) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Delaware & Hudson ex-EL 14-panel hoppers.  Generally speaking, Delaware & Hudson linked the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area with Albany and Montreal.  In 1976, in order to give the newly created Conrail some competion in the Northeast, D&H was granted trackage rights to Buffalo, Newark, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.  The deal included a substantial fleet of locomotives and freight cars previously owned by Conrail’s predecessors, including approximately 125 of these former EL yellow-rib hoppers.  The cars were re-numbered into the D&H 9200 and 9300 series.

 
Part #: BS-14342 - Delaware & Hudson ex-EL (D&H) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14351 - FDDM [C&NW] ex-EL (FDDM) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

FDDM (C&NW) ex-EL 14-panel hoppers. In the mid-1980s, Conrail sold a number of their remaining 14-panel hoppers, still in full EL dress, to Chicago & North Western for use in moving ballast. C&NW chose to re-stencil just the reporting marks upon delivery, however the CNW 33000 series was already occupied. So the reporting marks were changed to FDDM of the Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern, an Iowa shortline acquired by C&NW in 1968. This run will be available with “ballast” loads.

 
Part #: BS-14352 - FDDM [C&NW] ex-EL (FDDM) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 2-Pack  

Fourteenth Announcement

Each road name will be available in multiple road numbers. For instance, the single will have a different road number than the cars in a 3-Pack. So to obtain all available road numbers in a given paint scheme, order a single and one of each multipack. The multipack cars are in individual jewel cases that are shrink wrapped together and therefore can be broken up.

Part #: BS-14281 - Pittsburg & Shawmut (P&S) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Pittsburg & Shawmut - Greenville built this group of hoppers for Pittsburg & Shawmut in February of 1965.  This busy Pennsylvania shortline was primarily a coal hauler.  “Where is the "h" at the end of Pittsburg?” you might ask.  You see, Pittsburgh was Pittsburg before 1913.  When the city added the "h", the railroad did not!  Today, the P&S is part of the Genessee & Wyoming family of shortlines.   This roadname is coming in 3 road numbers.

 
Part #: BS-14282 - Pittsburg & Shawmut (P&S) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14291 - Rio Grande Limestone Service (DRGW) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Rio Grande Limestone Service - This group of cars was built for Rio Grande by ACF in 1958 ostensibly for coal service. Later in life, a portion of the fleet was reassigned to limestone loading (note the diagonal stencil below the “D” in the reporting marks.) This limestone was used in the steel-making process. One of the sources of limestone was Rio Grande’s Monarch Branch which was narrow gauge until the late fifties when it was standard gauged. At first, drop bottom gondolas were used in this service but they were replaced with older hoppers like these as the gons wore out. These models will come with “limestone” loads instead of the usual coal loads.

 
Part #: BS-14292 - Rio Grande Limestone Service (DRGW) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14293 - Rio Grande Limestone Service (DRGW) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-Pack  
Part #: BS-14301 - Clinchfield [post-1967] (CRR) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Clinchfield (post-1967) - Clinchfield received 800 of these cars from ACF in the Spring of 1964. Three years later, the ACI system was adopted by America’s railroads, resulting in the application of 4-color barcodes known widely as “ACI tags” to nearly all rail equipment for the next decade. Clinchfield ran down the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains from a connection with the C&O in eastern Kentucky, through the western end of Virginia, eastern end of Tennessee, western end of North Carolina and finally to Spartanburg, South Carolina. Clinchfield originated HUGE volumes of coal on the northern third of the line. This traffic included metalurgical coal bound for mills in the Upper Midwest, steam coal (for generating electricity and running industrial machinery) for the Midwest and the southern states, and export coal bound for ocean terminals all via Clinchfield’s many connections. CRR had been jointly controlled by Atlantic Coast Line (later SCL) and Louisville & Nashville for decades and would ultimately join them in Seaboard System and CSX.

 
Part #: BS-14302 - Clinchfield [post-1967] (CRR) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14303 - Clinchfield [post-1967] (CRR) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-Pack  

Thirteenth Announcement

Each road name will be available in multiple road numbers. For instance, the single will have a different road number than the cars in a 3-Pack. So to obtain all available road numbers in a given paint scheme, order a single and one of each multipack. The multipack cars are in individual jewel cases that are shrink wrapped together and therefore can be broken up.

Part #: BS-14231 - Seaboard (SAL) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Seaboard 70-Ton 14-Panel hoppers. Seaboard Air Line Railroad received their first rib side 70-ton hoppers in 1960.  In the build up to their merger with Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard began to apply this paint scheme to hoppers as they were shopped.  Right after the merger, cars began receiving ACI tags, followed by consolidated stencils a few years later.
This run will be available in 6 road numbers and includes “coal” loads.

 
Part #: BS-14232 - Seaboard (SAL) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14233 - Seaboard (SAL) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-Pack  
Part #: BS-14241 - Delaware & Hudson (D&H) cullet service - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
 
Part #: BS-14242 - Delaware & Hudson (D&H) cullet service - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14251 - New York Central (NYC) woodchip service - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

New York Central Woodchip Service 70-Ton 14-Panel hoppers.  NYC developed this style of 70-ton hopper in the mid-50s and continued to buy and build them into the 1960s.  During the 60s, a portion of the fleet received these special markings and was assigned to woodchip service.  The timber industry had begun using chips to make particle and chip board several years before but purpose-built large capacity “woodchip cars” were still relatively rare.  By assigning certain hoppers to this service NYC avoided the frequent cleaning that cars from coal, coke and aggregate service would require before hauling woodchips.  This run will be available in 6 road numbers and includes “chip” loads.

 
Part #: BS-14252 - New York Central (NYC) woodchip service - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14253 - New York Central (NYC) woodchip service - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-Pack  
Part #: BS-14261 - Norfolk Southern (NS) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Norfolk Southern 70-Ton 14-Panel hoppers.  Of course we are talking about the original Norfolk Southern. This NS ran from Norfolk, Virginia south into North Carolina, then west to Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville, and finally Charlotte.  In comparison, this NS was a bit bigger than the Monon.  The line was purchased by Southern Rail­way in 1974 and combined with another subsidiary the Carolina and Northwestern under the NS name.  In 1981, they changed the name to Carolina & Northwestern so Southern and N&W could use the Norfolk Southern name for their new merger.
This run will be available in 3 road numbers and include “gravel” loads.

 
Part #: BS-14262 - Norfolk Southern (NS) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  
Part #: BS-14271 - Montour (MTR) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Montour 70-Ton 14-Panel hoppers.  The Montour Railroad was a busy coal hauling shortline in Southwestern Pennsyl­vania.  For most of its history the Montour was jointly owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad (Penn Central in 1968) and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (itself a subsidiary of New York Central).  The collapse of Penn Central brought about the independence of P&LE who then took full control of the Montour.  The Montour remained a separate operation however.  By the late 70s, the Montour had racked up a lopsided car-hire account due to a lack of serviceable home road hoppers.  P&LE leased 200 of their hoppers to Montour in 1979 for interline serv­ice to balance out the car-hire deficit.  The cars were serviced and repainted at P&LE’s McKee’s Rocks shops and turned over to Montour.  Thanks to the Montour Historical Society for their help on this one.  This run will be available in 3 road numbers and include “coal” loads.
 
Part #: BS-14272 - Montour (MTR) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-Pack  

Twelfth Announcement

Each road name will be available in multiple road numbers. For instance, the single will have a different road number than the cars in a 3-Pack. So to obtain all available road numbers in a given paint scheme, order a single and one of each multipack. The multipack cars are in individual jewel cases that are shrink wrapped together and therefore can be broken up.

Part #: BS-14201 - Boston & Albany (B&A) - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Boston & Albany 14-Panel 3 Bay Hoppers.  This fleet had been delivered to B&A parent New York Central with NYC numbers as part of their massive 7,000 car 14-Panel hopper fleet (see Bluford ’s previous releases of 14021, 14023, 14026,
and 14020 with a total of 20 road numbers.)  With just a few years in service, NYC renumbered 650 of these hoppers for subsidiary Boston & Albany.  They continued to wear NYC oval logos however.  The reason for the renumbering is unclear although “tax reasons” would be a possible culprit.  Some of these cars wore these numbers into the 1980s under Conrail ownership.

 
Part #: BS-14202 - Boston & Albany (B&A) - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14203 - Boston & Albany (B&A) - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14211 - Durham & Southern (D&S) - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Durham & Southern 14-Panel 3-Bay Hoppers. The Durham & Southern was built to provide a southward outlet from Durham, North Carolina to connections with Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line. D&S picked up these 14-Panel Hoppers from US Railway Equipment. The Durham & Southern was purchased by the Seaboard Coast Line in 1976 and merged out of existence in 1981.

 
Part #: BS-14212 - Durham & Southern (D&S)  - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14221 - South-East Coal Co. (SECX) - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

South-East Coal Company 14-Panel 3-Bay Hoppers. In order to combat a chronic shortage of empty hoppers in the Appalachian region in the 1970s, South-East Coal purchased over 800 hoppers on the used market, about 80% of which were these 14-Panel cars. They were painted institutional green with SECX reporting marks. Nearly all received the company’s 4-color logo.

 
Part #: BS-14222 - South-East Coal Co. (SECX) - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14223 - South-East Coal Co. (SECX) - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  

Eleventh Announcement

Part #: BS-14181 - Louisville & Nashville  - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Louisville & Nashville had more hoppers than most railroads had cars. This particular batch arrived in 1969 when L&N and Missouri Pacific split up the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. Since MP was keeping the C&EI name, L&N’s share of the hopper fleet was quickly repainted to match their huge fleet of very similar 70 ton hoppers.

 
Part #: BS-14182 - Louisville & Nashville  - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14183 - Louisville & Nashville  - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14191 - Detroit & Mackinac - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Legendary Michigan regional Detroit & Mackinac expanded their hopper fleet with these cars acquired from Penn Central. Stone quarries were an important source of traffic for the DM and these hoppers were used to serve them. These models will include stone loads instead of the usual coal load. At 350 miles, the DM had more route miles than many other notable regional lines including Ann Arbor, Clinchfield, Green Bay & Western, and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.

 
Part #: BS-14192 - Detroit & Mackinac - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  

Tenth Announcement

Part #: BS-14161 - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie - Road #: TBA- 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie was known as “The Little Giant ” and for good reason. This 233 mile railroad generated so much traffic that they required a freight car fleet of more than 25,000 cars - that’s 107 cars for every mile of mainline!  P&LE had over 6,000 of these hoppers with this group arriving from Bethlehem in the Spring of 1957. P&LE was controlled by New York Central and these cars carried the familiar “New York Central System” oval logo. NYC successor Penn Central would sell off their interest in P&LE after the creation of Conrail. P&LE became independent until 1993 when they were acquired by CSX.

 
Part #: BS-14162 - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14163 - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14171 - Florida East Coast - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Florida East Coast. This group of 70 ton hoppers was delivered in the Spring of 1965, in the second year of a violent strike. Trains continued to run during the labor action. It would be another six years before the strike ended and Florida East Coast emerged years ahead of other railroads in technology and operating practices. By 1971, FEC was installing concrete ties, operating with two-man crews and cabooses had become a fond memory. FEC’s primary hopper commodity is limestone gravel (used in construction) from an area east of Hiyaleah, so we are including a limestone load for this run instead of the usual coal load.

 
Part #:BS-14172 - Florida East Coast - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #:BS-14173 - Florida East Coast - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  

Ninth Announcement

Part #: BS-14141 Penn Central - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Penn Central inherited their sizable fleet of these hoppers from New York Central who instigated the original design.  Since the Penn Central era coincided with the ACI tag era, all PC cars, these models included, carry the multi-color bar codes on their sides.  These cars joined the Conrail fleet in 1976. 

 
Part #: BS-14142 Penn Central - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack
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Part #: BS-14143 Penn Central - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14146 Penn Central - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack
 
Part #: BS-14151 Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI) - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Chicago & Eastern Illinois linked Chicago with Evansville (and connections with Dixie roads), and St. Louis.  The middle fork of the pitchfork shaped system served southern Illinois and their extensive coal fields.  C&EI split a large order for these cars between American Car & Foundry and Bethlehem in 1957.  Missouri Pacific gained control of the C&EI in the early 60s.  The Evansville line was sold to L&N in 1969 and the rest finally merged in MoPac in 1976.  This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.
 
Part #: BS-14152 Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI) - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14153 Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI) - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack
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Eighth Announcement

Part #: BS-14131 Erie Lackawanna - Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Erie Lackawanna received 1,000 of these hoppers in 3 groups from Greenville beginning in 1965. EL used them in bituminous coal and iron ore service. They differed from the original NYC design in that many of the attachment points that called for a weld were riveted on the EL cars. Despite their 1965 construction date, these cars were delivered with friction bearing trucks. Erie Lackawanna became part of Conrail in 1976.

 
Part #: BS-14132 Erie Lackawanna - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14133 Erie Lackawanna - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14136 Erie Lackawanna - Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack
 

Seventh Announcement

Part #: BS-14121 Detroit Toledo & Ironton Road #: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single

Detroit Toledo & Ironton picked up 320 of these 14-Panel Rib Side hoppers from Greenville Steel Car between 1959 and 1960 DT&I linked Detroit with the Ohio River at Ironton, Ohio This put DT&I in position to move coal from river barges to heavy industry in northern Ohio and Michigan as well as other midwestern points via connections

 
Part #: BS-14122 Detroit Toledo & Ironton Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14123 Detroit Toledo & Ironton Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14126 Detroit Toledo & Ironton Road #s: TBA - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack
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Sixth Announcement

Part #: BS-14111 Great Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Great Northern picked up a number of these 14- Panel 70 ton rib side hopper cars second hand from Detroit Toledo & Ironton (by way of US Railway Equipment.) GN already rostered 400 very similar hoppers built by Pullman Standard. This roadname will be available in 12 road umbers.
 
Part #: BS-14112 Great Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14113 Great Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14116 Great Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack
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Fifth Announcement

Part #: BS-14101 Conrail - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Conrail inherited their 14-Panel Hopper fleet from New York Central (and subsidiary Boston &Albany) by way of Penn Central. They also inherited the very similar (all riveted) cars from Erie Lackawanna. New York Central was of course the creative force behind this design two decades before the Conrail consolidation.
 
Part #:BS-14102 Conrail - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14103 Conrail - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  

Part #: BS-14106 Conrail - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack

 

Fourth Announcement

Part #: BS-14081 Western Maryland - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Bethlehem Steel built 500 of these cars for Western Maryland in the Spring of 1958. The cars were delivered with roller bearing trucks which was still somewhat novel in 1958. As a result, a yellow circle with the letter R was painted next to the road number to alert crews and agents to this feature. The WM was a major originator of coal traffic with hoppers of various designs making up more than half of WM ’s 14,000+ car fleet. B&O officially took control of the WM in 1967. In 1973, WM adopted the Chessie image.
 
Part #: BS-14082 Western Maryland - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #:BS-14083 Western Maryland - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack
 
Part #: BS-14091 Clinchfield - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper Single
Clinchfield received 800 of these cars from ACF in the Spring of 1964. Clinchfield ran down the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains from a connection with the C&O in eastern Kentucky, through the western end of Virginia, eastern end of Tennessee, western end of North Carolina and finally to Spartanburg, South Carolina. Clinchfield originated HUGE volumes of coal on the northern third of the line. This traffic included metallurgical coal bound for mills in the Upper Midwest, steam coal (for generating electricity and running industrial machinery) for the Midwest and the southern states, and export coal bound for ocean terminals all via Clinchfield ’s many connections. CRR had been jointly controlled by Atlantic Coast Line (later SCL)and Louisville & Nashville for decades and would ultimately join them in Seaboard System and CSX.
 
Part #: BS-14092 Clinchfield - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14093 Clinchfield - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  

Part #: BS-14096 Clinchfield - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack

 

Third Announcement

Part #: BS-14061 Santa Fe (ATSF) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Santa Fe began taking delivery of these 14-Panel hoppers in 1964 and eventually built up a fleet of 800 cars. In addition to coal generated in New Mexico and other pockets around the system, Santa Fe also used these hoppers for various aggregates and minerals as well as coke. These cars had roller bearing trucks.
 
Part #: BS-14062 Santa Fe (ATSF) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14063 Santa Fe (ATSF) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  

Part #: BS-14066 Santa Fe (ATSF) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack

 
Part #: BS-14071 Delaware & Hudson - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Delaware & Hudson began acquiring these 14-Panel 70 ton cars in 1958. They were used for coal and ilmenite service for many years. In fact during D&H ’s big expansion (the result of trackage rights granted by the newly created Conrail) the line picked up more of these cars to serve the expanded system. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.
 
Part #: BS-14072 Delaware & Hudson - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14073 Delaware & Hudson - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack
 

Second Announcement

Part #: BS-14031 Western Railway of Alabama (WofA) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Western Railway of Alabama and sister roads Atlanta & West Point and Georgia Railroad formed a 550 mile system linking Augusta and Macon with Atlanta, Georgia and west to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. All were jointly controlled by L&N and ACL/SCL and as such were part of The Family Lines in the 1970s.These cars were delivered in the mid-60s and were still in service when WofA was rolled into Seaboard System followed by CSX a few years later.
 
Part #: BS-14032 Western Railway of Alabama (WofA) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack  
Part #: BS-14033 Western Railway of Alabama (WofA) - 3-Pack - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack
 
Part #: BS-14041 Rio Grande (D&RGW) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Rio Grande was an early adopter of the NYC design of 14-Panel rib side hoppers with this first batch coming from Bethlehem in 1957. More came the following year.
 
Part #: BS-14043 Rio Grande (D&RGW) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14046 Rio Grande (D&RGW) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack  
Part #: BS-14040 Rio Grande (D&RGW) - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 10-pack
 
Part #: BS-14051 C&O Chessie System - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Chessie picked up over a thousand of these 14-Panel cars second hand from P&LE beginning in 1985.
 

Part #: BS-14052 C&O Chessie System - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 2-pack

 
Part #: BS-14053 C&O Chessie System - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14056 C&O Chessie System - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - 6-pack
 

October 2009 - First Announcement

Part #: BS-14011 Burlington Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
Burlington Northern inherited these 14-Panel cars from Great Northern. They continued in service at least through the 1990s.
 
Part #: BS-14013 Burlington Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14016 Burlington Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack  
Part #: BS-14010 Burlington Northern - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 10-pack
 
Part #: BS-14021 New York Central - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hopper - Single
New York Central picked up 7,000 of these 14-Panel hoppers (a design NYC developed) from several builders including their own shops between ‘56 and the early '60s.
 
Part #: BS-14023 New York Central - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 3-pack  
Part #: BS-14026 New York Central - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 6-pack  
Part #: BS-14020 New York Central - 14-Panel, 70-Ton, 3-Bay Hoppers - 10-pack
 
Item Description

Stock Checks:

Inventory is a fluid commodity.  It changes by the hour (sometimes by the minute). To retain our pricing structure we maintain stock levels designed to turnover 6 times each year. We cannot guarantee stock status till we have an order in hand. All product is subject to prior sale. If we confirm that we have it, and, while we are waiting for the order it sells, you would be upset that we did not hold it.
We used to hold items but learned a VERY EXPENSIVE lesson. When we held items for customers’ orders, the order never materialized 80%+ of the time.  We lost out on the orders placed while the item was on hold.  Also we wasted staff time that could have been used to pull actual orders.
Since we are well known for finding older stock the fact that it may not be on our shelves at this minute does not mean we can’t get it. So, as we spell out on our terms pages, we don’t do it anymore.
You may, however, call in and we will tell you if the items are available and if possible attempt to locate what we don’t have while you are on the phone.

Last Update by: NT
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:19 PM

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