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70 Ton 3-Bay Hoppers in Offset-Side Body Style!
Bluford Shops is proud to announce 70 Ton 3-Bay Hoppers in two different body styles. 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 and lever assembly (a first on an N scale open hopper!);
- Body mounted brake hose detail;
- Coal load;
- Body mounted magnetically operating couplers;
- Close coupling;
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Friction bearing or roller bearing trucks as appropriate for each road name.
All road names will be available in multiple road numbers.
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- The Offset Side car features the corner pleating design most commonly seen on the prototype.
- Accumate couplers are factory installed but you can drop in MTL #1015’s without modifications.
- Fully dimensional brake cylinder lever, and brake rod assembly – a first on and N scale open hopper!
- The body mounted draft gear boxes with high reliability screw-shut lids were specifically designed for close coupling and resisting pop-aparts.
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| 70 ton 3-bay offset side hoppers first appeared in the late '20s and by the late '30s had become an AAR standard design with cars being delivered from a number of builders in large quantities to railroads across the country. The last of these cars were delivered in the mid-'60s and many remained in service through the '80s |
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Each road name is 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. |
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| Part #: BS-73221 Erie - Road #: TBA – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| The Erie served coal mines in Ohio and Pennsylvania For many years they even owned both anthracite and bituminous coal mining operations in Pennsylvania Within Erie ’s diverse hopper fleet were these 1,000 70-ton offset side cars Erie held their own in the busy Chicago -New York corridor against arch competitors PRR, NYC and B&O Much of the Erie mainline was even double tracked The Erie merged with the Lackawanna in 1960 |
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| Part #: BS-73222 Erie - Road #s: TBA– 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73223 Erie - Road #s: TBA– 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73231 Illinois Central - Road #: TBA – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Illinois Central was the principle hauler of coal from the massive Illinois Coal Basin Coal made up 40% of Illinois Central’s gross tonnage and their “Central” location and high yield made this coal competitive in much of the country Because of this, IC hoppers could be found nearly anywhere in the lower 48 This particular batch was built in IC’s huge Centralia Car Shops (not too far from the Bluford Shops) in 1966 Despite being built 17 years after the C&O cars seen below, IC used friction bearing trucks on these cars |
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| Part #: BS-73232 Illinois Central - Road #s: TBA– 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73233 Illinois Central - Road #s: TBA – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73236 Illinois Central - Road #s: TBA - 6-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73241 SCL-Family Lines - Road #: TBA – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| SCL -Family Lines Seaboard Coast Line inherited these cars from both Atlantic Coast Line (previously available from Bluford Shops) and Seaboard Air Line (see the June 2010 announcements) in their 1967 merger In 1975, a portion of the combined fleet received heavy service at SCL’s Tampa shops and emerged in The Family Lines paint scheme The Family Lines encompassed SCL, Louisville & Nashville, Clinchfield, Georgia, Atlanta & West Point and Western Railway of Alabama SCL had stock control of L&N SCL and L&N jointly owned Clinchfield and jointly controlled Georgia Railroad Georgia controlled A&WP and WoA The latter two were together called “West Point Route” All were folded into Seaboard System in 1983 |
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| Part #: BS-73242 SCL-Family Lines - Road #s: TBA – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73243 SCL-Family Lines - Road #s: TBA – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73251 Chesapeake & Ohio - Road #: TBA – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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Coal hauling giant Chesapeake & Ohio received 1,000 of these cars from General American in 1949 They were one of the earliest groups of cars to be equipped with roller bearing trucks and received a prominent white band on the side to remind crews of this fact In those days, cars with friction bearing trucks were frequently spotted and left without setting the handbrakes Doing that with roller bearing equipped cars would be inviting disaster. |
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| Part #: BS-73252 Chesapeake & Ohio - Road #s: TBA – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73253 Chesapeake & Ohio - Road #s: TBA – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73256 Chesapeake & Ohio - Road #s: TBA- 6-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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Sixth Announcement |
Each road name is 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. |
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| Part #: BS-73181 Missouri Pacific – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Those not familiar with Missouri Pacific may believe that
it woudn’t be much of a “coal road.” That would be incorrect and MP rostered
about 5,000 of these 70-ton offset side hoppers as proof. MP served coal mines
in southern Illinois, western Missouri (and adjoining states,) east Texas and
eastern Colorado. While many roads advertised their passenger fleets on their
boxcars, MP was one of the few to do the same on open top cars like hoppers and
gondolas. They began applying this scheme to new cars and repaints around 1949
and continued for the next decade. |
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| Part #: BS-73182 Missouri Pacific – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73183 Missouri Pacific – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73191 Missouri-Illinois Railroad – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| One of Missouri Pacific ’s several subsidiary
lines, Missouri-Illinois Railroad (known affectionately by locals as the
“Mike and Ike ”) served a number of large coal mines in southern Illinois. The
Illinois Coal Basin covers large tracts of southern Illinois and Indiana and
western Kentucky and can generate close to 60 million tons annually. That would
fill a whopping 2,300 seventy ton hoppers every day! Most of the coal originated
on the M-I was delivered to connecting lines for heavy industry across the
midwest and far west. |
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| Part #: BS-73192 Missouri-Illinois Railroad – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73193 Missouri-Illinois Railroad – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73201 Seaboard Air Line Railroad – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Seaboard Air Line Railroad was a 4,000+ mile system
serving Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Seaboard picked
up 500 of these cars from Pullman Standard in 1957. In addition to coal,
Seaboard’s hopper fleet was just as likely to be found hauling sand, gravel, or
crushed stone. These cars joined the Seaboard Coast Line fleet with Seaboard’s
1967 merger with Atlantic Coast Line. This roadname will be available in 6
road numbers. 73201 single car; 73202 2-Pack; 73203 3-Pack. |
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| Part #: BS-73202 Seaboard Air Line Railroad – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73203 Seaboard Air Line Railroad – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73211 Carbon County Railway – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Carbon County Railway served two massive coal mines in
Utah. Much of the coal went for making coke to feed the furnaces of the steel
mill that owned the railroad. However, the output of the mines far exceeded what
the mill could use and the extra coal moved to industries in other states and
even moved to the coast for export. The CBC freight car fleet consisted of 500
hoppers and a single gondola. Carbon County Railway closed up in 1983. This
roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 73211 single car; 73212 2-Pack. |
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| Part #: BS-73212 Carbon County Railway – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73151 Southern – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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The 10,000+ mile Southern Railway System blanketed the southern Appalachia region and consequently hauled much of the coal produced.Like the New York Central and Missouri Pacific, Southern was made up of several large subsidiary
railroads including the Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific, the New Orleans & North Eastern, and the Alabama Great Southern. In latter years, the Georgia & Florida, Central of Georgia, Interstate, Savannah & Atlanta along with
several smaller lines would join the ranks of Southern’s “paper” railroads. Prior to the 1960 adoption of the big block style lettering, Southern lettered their freight equipment with the classic Railroad Roman style. Until the 1980s, Southern used
their full name as their reporting marks with large numerals. Southern delivered much of their coal traffic to connecting roads at Southern’s gateways in St.Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Washington D.C., Jacksonville, New Orleans, and
Memphis. |
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| Part #: BS-73152 Southern – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73153 Southern – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73161 Canadian National (CN) – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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Canadian National had a whopping 4,655 offset side 3-bay hoppers making them one of the most common cars on CN. They were built in several batches between 1949 and 1958. Eastern Car Company, National Steel, and Canadian Car & Foundry all built cars to this same design for CN.Beginning in 1961, cars were repainted with the newly adopted “noodle” logo as they went in for servicing. The Canadian National of this period operated over 22,000 miles of line. That’s more than the Santa Fe and Pennsylvania Railroad combined! |
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| Part #: BS-73162 Canadian National (CN) – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73163 Canadian National (CN) – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73171 Nickel Plate Road – Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| The New York Chicago & St. Louis was better known as Nickel Plate Road since the time of its construction. From the 1920s onward, Nickel Plate had made its name by funneling high priority freight from its western gateway cities of Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis to connections with eastern roads in Buffalo, New York. Coal had always been part of the mix but in 1949, Nickel Plate became a major originator of coal when they acquired the Wheeling & Lake Erie. The X-shaped W&LE linked Toledo with Wheeling, West Virginia on one axis, and Cleveland and Zanesville, Ohio on the other axis. The acquisition included 3,000 of these 70 ton hoppers. In 1964, Nickel Plate picked up another 500 of these cars from Bethlehem Steel. The hunger for coal for electricity, metalugical, industrial, and consumer use sent these hoppers across much of the country. |
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| Part #: BS-73172 Nickel Plate Road – 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73173 Nickel Plate Road – 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73121 Boston & Maine - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Boston & Maine picked up these cars second hand in 1962. They had been built by Bethlehem 13 years before but were still in great shape.B&M was not much of a coal hauler but they did move a great deal of stone for the region’s growing construction business. Therefore, the loads for our B&M run will represent gray stone instead of black coal. |
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| Part #: BS-73122 Boston & Maine - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73123 Boston & Maine - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73131 Minneapolis & St. Louis - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| The 1,500 mile Minneapolis & St.Louis ran from the Twin Cities and points in South Dakota, south through central Iowa, then east to connections with the eastern trunk lines in Peoria, Illinois. They presented themselves as a bridge route from the Northwest to the East whilst avoiding the congestion of Chicago. Ironically, coal was their largest single commodity. This was due to the voluminous grain traffic being split between wheat, corn and others, but also the large open pit coal mines in Iowa. More coal mines were served in central Illinois. |
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| Part #: BS-73132 Minneapolis & St. Louis - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73141 Milwaukee Road - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Milwaukee Road became a major originator of coal traffic in 1921 with the acquisition of the Chicago Terre Haute Southeastern. This extended Milwaukee ’s reach into the coal mining regions of southern Indiana. In addition, MILW served mines in Iowa, Illinois, Montana and even Washington. |
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| Part #: BS-73142 Milwaukee Road - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part #: BS-73143 Milwaukee Road - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73091 Burlington Route (CB&Q) - Single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Burlington Route had over 3,000 of these offset side cars which they built in their own Havelock Shops between 1949 and 1952. Most survived into the Burlington Northern era. These cars have the Everywhere West slogan on one side and the Way of the Zephyr slogan on the other. |
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| Part # BS-73092 Burlington Route (CB&Q) - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73093 Burlington Route (CB&Q) - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73101 Rock Island - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Rock Island had been picking up 70 ton 3-bay offset side hoppers in quantity since 1949. They leased this particular batch from United States Railway Equipment in 1971. These cars (which had been built years before by Pullman Standard) had a good going-over by USRE and were equipped with modern roller bearing trucks. ACI tags were mandatory by this time and are included on these cars. |
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| Part # BS-73102 Rock Island - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73103 Rock Island - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73111 Monon - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| The 600 mile Monon covered Indiana with an X shaped system. One axis linked Chicago with Indianapolis and the other axis linked the Great Lakes port of Michigan City to Louisville. The two routes crossed in the small city of Monon, Indiana. Monon would merge with Louisville & Nashville in 1971. |
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| Part # BS-73112 Monon - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73113 Monon - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73061 Chicago & North Western (C&NW) - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Chicago & North Western received a large fleet of these Offset Side cars from builder Pullman Standard in the late ‘40s. Many remained in service into the ‘80s. |
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| Part # BS-73062 Chicago & North Western (C&NW) - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73063 Chicago & North Western (C&NW) - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73066 Chicago & North Western (C&NW) - 6-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73051 Central of Georgia (CoG) - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| The 1,700 mile Central of Georgia system swarmed across Georgia and Alabama with tendrils into neighboring states. Their motto “The Right Way ” appeared on much of the freight car fleet. They came under the control of the Southern Railway in 1963 after a brief period of control by Frisco. |
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| Part # BS-73052 Central of Georgia (CoG) - 2-pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73053 Central of Georgia (CoG) - 3-pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73081 Canadian Pacific-Script (CP) - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Canadian Pacific had 3,500 of these Offset Side cars. The script herald was adopted in 1959 and survived in revenue service on some of these cars at least into the mid-80s. |
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| Part # BS-73083 Canadian Pacific-Script (CP) - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73086 Canadian Pacific-Script (CP) - 6-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73071 New York Central (NYC) - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| New York Central obtained their first 3-bay Offset Side Hoppers in the late 1920 ’s. Most were rebuilt beginning in 1949 and soldiered on for many more years. More new cars were acquired in the early 50s, before NYC switched allegence on 70-ton hopper designs in 1956 to our other new body style. |
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| Part # BS-73072 New York Central (NYC) - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73073 New York Central (NYC) - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73076 New York Central (NYC) - 6-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73021 Southern Pacific - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Southern Pacific had over 650 of these Offset Side cars. They received the lettering seen here in the 1960s. This group was assigned to Collier Carbon & Chemical in California. |
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| Part # BS-73022 Southern Pacific - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73023 Southern Pacific - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73026 Southern Pacific - 6-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73011 Atlantic Coast Line - Prismo Stripe - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Atlantic Coast Line took delivery of these Offset Side cars in this paint scheme in 1952. The use of semi-reflective “Prismo ” stripes along the lower edge of freight cars set ACL decades ahead of other railroads and the FRA in this respect. |
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| Part # BS-73012 Atlantic Coast Line - Prismo Stripe - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Atlantic Coast Line took delivery of these Offset Side cars in this paint scheme in 1952. The use of semi-reflective “Prismo ” stripes along the lower edge of freight cars set ACL decades ahead of other railroads and the FRA in this respect. |
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| Part # BS-73013 Atlantic Coast Line - Prismo Stripe - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Atlantic Coast Line took delivery of these Offset Side cars in this paint scheme in 1952. The use of semi-reflective “Prismo ” stripes along the lower edge of freight cars set ACL decades ahead of other railroads and the FRA in this respect. |
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| Part # BS-73041 Baltimore & Ohio - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Baltimore & Ohio had over 9,500 of these Offset Side cars built from the late ‘40s to the late ‘50s. Many lasted well into the Chessie era. |
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| Part # BS-73043 Baltimore & Ohio - 3-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73046 Baltimore & Ohio - 6-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73040 Baltimore & Ohio - 10-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Part # BS-73031 Bangor & Aroostook - single - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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| Bangor & Aroostook served Northern Maine with a 500 mile network and had the practice of painting the road numbers on hoppers twice per side, one of them quite large! |
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| Part # BS-73032 Bangor & Aroostook - 2-Pack - 70-Ton Offset Side 3-Bay Hopper |
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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. |
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