The model railroading industry's premier distributor Wm K Walthers Inc. has commissioned a special run of Bluford Shops 70-ton offset side 3-bay hoppers in N scale. Blue Coal was a retail brand of anthracite sold in the Northeastern U.S. Blue was probably a reference to the high temperature blue flames emitted from this fuel. Anthracite is a pure, dense form of coal known for its clean burning properties and high-BTU output. Anthracite is usually identified with Eastern Pennsylvania although large deposits have also been mined in Colorado. Several railroads serving anthracite mines in the Keystone State such as Lehigh Valley, Lackawanna, Reading, CNJ, D&H, O&W and others are often collectively referred to as "The Anthracite Roads." This exclusive Walthers release of Bluford Shops offset side hoppers comes in a shrink-wrapped 3-pack with three different Reading road numbers. Cars come with free rolling trucks, knuckle style couplers, exquisite brake detail, and removable "anthracite" loads.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
188-73583	N	Blue Coal (RDG) 3-bay offset side hopper (3-pack)	$65.37

Offset-side 70-ton Hoppers

Offset side 70 ton 3-bay hoppers first appeared in the late 1920s but by the late 30s they had evolved into the AAR standard design seen here. They were built in large quantities by many builders until the mid-1960s. Many remained in service through the 1980s. The models feature body mounted couplers (Accumates are installed but you can drop in your favorite brand), unparalleled detail under the slope sheets (braces, brake reservoir, valve, cylinder-rod-lever assembly), and adjustable and removable coal loads. The center sill, floors and slope sheets are diecast metal for maximum weight, even when running empty.

As with all Bluford Shops cars, if you want all of the unique road numbers, order one of each pack.

Bluford is making available undecorated versions of this hopper. However, quantities are limited, so order yours now.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73001	N	Undecorated offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$19.95

Rock Island - Route Of The Rockets 3-bay offset side hoppers. In the years following the Second World War, Rock Island finally emerged from a long reorganization and began buying new equipment. 500 70-ton offset side hoppers arrived in this paint scheme from American Car & Foundry in 1949. Rock Island was unusual in that it completely straddled the imaginary line running from St. Louis through Kansas City to Denver. This line divides railroads of the Northern Plaines such as Milwaukee Road, CB&Q, C&NW and others, and railroads of the Southern Plaines such as Frisco, M-K-T, MoPac and Santa Fe. While some roads in one of these regions had tendrils into the other region (such as Santa Fe's line to Chicago) the vast majority of their mileage remained on one side of the line. Rock Island was split more or less evenly over this border with extremities linking Minneapolis and Sioux Falls to the north, Denver and Tucumcari to the west, Dallas and southern Louisiana to the south, and connections with the Eastern trunk lines in Memphis, St. Louis, Peoria, and Chicago. These cars will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73511	N	Rock Island Route Of The Rockets, offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73512	N	Rock Island Route Of The Rockets, offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
73513	N	Rock Island Route Of The Rockets, offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$65.37

Soo Line 3-bay offset side hoppers. Until 1960, Soo Line was the nickname of the Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. "Soo" came from the phonetic pronunciation of Sault. Soo connected a dense network of branches in North Dakota and Minnesota to connections with Canadian Pacific at Portal on the North Dakota border and Sault Ste. Marie near the tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Soo had been controlled by CP since early in the 20th century. For many years, Soo had embraced their nickname with Soo Line reporting marks and the square "dollar sign" logo on freight cars. In 1951, they adopted this billboard style of lettering for freight cars. In 1960, parent Canadian Pacific consolidated their U.S. lines including MStP&SSte.M, subsidiary Wisconsin Central (which gave the old Soo their route to Chicago) and the Duluth South Shore & Atlantic. The combined railroad (which used DSS&A's charter) was renamed Soo Line Railroad. These cars will have gravel loads instead of the usual coal loads reflecting their most common use on the Soo Line and will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73491	N	Soo Line, offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73492	N	Soo Line, offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
73493	N	Soo Line, offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$65.37

Southern post-1960 3-bay offset side hoppers. Southern acquired these hoppers new in 1952. Beginning in 1960, the Southern fleet began to receive this style of large block lettering. Another major change was shifting from black paint on open top cars to mineral red. Often in coal service, these cars were also used for coke, sand, gravel, and unprocessed clay, particularly later in life. These hoppers will be coming with black coal/coke loads and will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73501	N	Southern post-1960, offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73502	N	Southern post-1960, offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
73503	N	Southern post-1960, offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$65.37

Central of New Jersey 3-bay offset side hoppers. Central Railroad of New Jersey picked up a good size fleet of these 70 ton hoppers used from B&O and P&LE. The cars in this run came from the B&O. They were pressed into service hauling sand and gravel. These hoppers will be coming with gravel loads and will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73521	N	Central of New Jersey, offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73522	N	Central of New Jersey, offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58

Burlington (Chinese red) offset side 3-bay hoppers. Chicago Burlington & Quincy built thousands of these hoppers in their own Havelock Shops beginning in 1949. Beginning in 1958, Burlington updated their image by shifting from boxcar red to Chinese red on their freight car fleet. The Q had considerable coal traffic for a "Granger" road. In addition, these cars were often found far from home rails moving coal and minerals to Southern New England, the South and Appalachia, in addition to "Everywhere West." These colorful cars will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73471	N	Burlington, Chinese red, offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73472	N	Burlington, Chinese red, offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
73473	N	Burlington, Chinese red, offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$65.37

Santa Fe (1950s) offset side 3-bay hoppers. Santa Fe had been collecting 3-bay offset side hoppers since the 1930s and ultimately established a fleet of several thousand cars. Cars delivered in the 1950s received this paint scheme with "ATSF" reporting marks (no periods and no ampersand.) Santa Fe generated coal loads in New Mexico as well as in smaller pockets in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. They also used these hoppers for gravel, flux stone, and metallic ores. These cars will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73451	N	Santa Fe - 1950s offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73452	N	Santa Fe - 1950s offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
73453	N	Santa Fe - 1950s offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$65.37
73456	N	Santa Fe - 1950s offset-side 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$130.74

Canadian National (pre-1958) offset side 3-bay hoppers. CN had 4,655 hoppers of this design delivered between 1949 and 1958. All but the last batches were delivered in this scheme with the standard 9" block lettering. The cars were built by Eastern Car Company, National Steel, and Canadian Car & Foundry. These cars will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73441	N	Canadian National (pre-1958) offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73442	N	Canadian National (pre-1958) offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
73443	N	Canadian National (pre-1958) offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$65.37
73446	N	Canadian National (pre-1958) offset-side 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$130.74

United States Army offset side 3-bay hoppers. This group of hoppers was built in 1965 by and for the Illinois Central. What year they joined the Army is in doubt, but we can say they received this combination of lettering in 1989 or shortly thereafter. These cars are used to haul coal in small groups from mines to Army base power stations. These cars will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73461	N	United States Army offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73462	N	United States Army offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58

Great Lakes Carbon offset side 3-bay hoppers. Great Lakes Carbon leased 70 of these cars from US Railway Equipment in 1974. GLC produced calcined petroleum coke used in making furnace anodes for aluminum mills and producing titanium dioxide. Petroleum coke is a byproduct of oil refining and looks very much like coal. These cars will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73481	N	Great Lakes Carbon offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$21.79
73482	N	Great Lakes Carbon offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$43.58

Norfolk & Western experienced a major expansion in 1964 with the acquisition of the Nickel Plate Road, Wabash, and Pittsburgh & West Virginia (the NKP was merged and the other two leased.) Ironically, they didn't have a direct connection with any of them! That required purchasing a line from Columbus to Sandusky, Ohio from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Nickel Plate had inherited coal rich lines from Wheeling & Lake Erie along with a sizeable fleet of these hoppers. As these cars came due for service after the merger in '64, they were repainted into this paint scheme and pressed into service across the system and via connections. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73431	N	N&W offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73432	N	N&W offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73433	N	N&W offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

Canada Southern operated for most of its history as a subsidiary of the New York Central System. It ran from the Detroit area northeast along the Canadian side of Lake Erie to the Buffalo - Niagra Falls area. Control of the line passed first to Penn Central and then Conrail. Conrail sold the CA-SO to CN and CP in 1985. These hoppers were assigned to ore loading on the CN in Dane, Ontario for customers in the United States. These cars will come with ore loads in place of the usual coal loads. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73411	N	CA-SO offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73412	N	CA-SO offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73413	N	CA-SO offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

Atlantic Coast Line - post 1958. In 1955, ACL changed their logo to emphasize their nickname, "Coast Line" by increasing the size to 12" and reducing "Atlantic" to 4". Three years later in 1958 they stopped applying the Prismo Stripes (which you may remember from our first ACL run of hoppers.) This paint scheme was the result and it would persist as the standard for hoppers for a number of years. The 5,700+ mile Atlantic Coast Line gained a reputation as "the standard railroad of the South", serving Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. During the period these cars were in service, the total ACL freight car fleet exceeded 31,000 cars. ACL would merge with Seaboard Air Line to form Seaboard Coast Line in 1967. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73401	N	ACL offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73402	N	ACL offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73403	N	ACL offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

The Chicago & Illinois Midland was a busy, 121 mile coal hauler in the Peoria, Springfield, and Taylorville areas of central Illinois. Coal loaded at online mines was moved to river docks at Havannah, Illinois or to connecting lines including Wabash, B&O, IC, GM&O, C&NW, RI, CB&Q, M&St.L, PRR, TP&W and Nickel Plate. This was a big time operation in a small package. Mile long freights pulled by handsome 2-10-2's (with spiffy red stripes and diamond logos on the tenders) were the norm. Today this line is called the Illinois & Midland and is part of the Genessee & Wyoming family of shortlines. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73421	N	CIM offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73422	N	CIM offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73423	N	CIM offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

Southern Pacific - T&NO. Southern Pacific received these cars from Bethlehem Steel in 1953 (in this paint scheme) and assigned them to subsidiary Texas & New Orleans. Combined with a group delivered 7 years earlier, the SP-T&NO fleet numbered 800 cars. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73341	N	T&NO offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73342	N	T&NO offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73343	N	T&NO offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

Beginning in 1968, Canadian Pacific's large fleet of 70 ton offset side hoppers began appearing in this CP Rail paint scheme. As a rule, the multi-mark logo was painted toward the "B" end on each side resulting in a flipped paint scheme. ACI bar codes were added at the same time and con-stencils followed shortly after. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. Please note the suggested retail price on this run is $19.95 per car due to the more complicated nature of this paint scheme.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73351	N	CP Rail offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$19.95
73352	N	CP Rail offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$39.90
73353	N	CP Rail offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$59.85

Delaware Lackawanna & Western began ordering these 70 ton hoppers in the late 1920s. "The Road of Anthracite" logo had been added to most of the fleet by the transition era. The thousand mile Lackawanna system served New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and originated large volumes of coal, especially clean-burning anthracite. DL&W merged with Erie in 1960. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73361	N	DL&W offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73362	N	DL&W offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73363	N	DL&W offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

This first half of Baltimore & Ohio's massive 9,500 car fleet of these hoppers was built in 1947 and '48 and delivered in this "Linking 13 Great States With The Nation" paint scheme. This roadname will be available in 10 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73311	N	B&O offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73313	N	B&O offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
73316	N	B&O offset-side 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

The 1,400 mile Chicago Great Western linked Chicago and Omaha on one axis and the Twin Cities and Kansas City on the other. The CGW used hoppers to move coal, stone, low grade iron ore and petroleum coke. The CGW became part of the Chicago & North Western System in 1968. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73321	N	CGW offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73322	N	CGW offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73323	N	CGW offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

The 525 mile Alaska Railroad links Fairbanks deep in the interior of the state with Anchorage, Whittier and Seward on the Gulf of Alaska. Interchange with other railroads is accomplished with ocean-going car barges to ports in Canada and the Seattle area. Three of this line's top commodities, coal, sand and gravel all move in hoppers. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73331	N	ARR offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73332	N	ARR offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90

For most railroads, the transition era of the 1950s meant the transition from steam to diesel operation. For the Illinois Terminal, transition meant much more. ITC moved from being an electrified interurban line with significant freight traffic (and some steam power) to being an all diesel powered all-freight line. Also during this period, some major Class One carriers in the St. Louis area (B&O, C&EI, CB&Q, GM&O, Litchfield & Madison, IC, NKP, Frisco, and Wabash) jointly purchased the ITC to provide a neutral terminal railroad in the St. Louis area. The Illinois Terminal mainline ran northeast from St. Louis to Springfield where the line split for Peoria, Bloomington, Decatur, and Danville. In total, the ITC operated more than 400 route miles in Illinois. In 1981, the Illinois Terminal was merged into the Norfolk & Western. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73291	N	IT offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73292	N	IT offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73293	N	IT offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

The 110 mile Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo operated in the ithsmus between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie west of Buffalo and south of Toronto. For most of its history, ownership was split between New York Central (later PC) and Canadian Pacific. After the collapse of Penn Central, CP took sole ownership then finally merged the TH&B in the mid-80s. TH&B served the heavily industrialized region around Hamilton, Ontario and sported fairly heavy traffic levels. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73301	N	TH&B offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73302	N	TH&B offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73303	N	TH&B offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

The Georgia Railroad received this group of hoppers from Greenville in 1952. The 330 mile Georgia Railroad linked Augusta with Atlanta and Macon. The Georgia controlled the West Point Route roads running west all the way to Birmingham and Selma, Alabama. This made the Georgia the anchor link in a Georgia-West Point Route-Frisco (or Illinois Central) trunk linking the southern plains with the deep south. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73271	N	Georgia RR offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73272	N	Georgia RR offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90

Prior to their major expansions beginning in 1993, Kansas City Southern along with subsidiary Louisiana & Arkansas consisted of a 1,700 mile system linking Kansas City with the Gulf of Mexico at Port Arthur, Texas and from Dallas to New Orleans. KCS's freight car lettering practices were modest, but size of the 9,000 car combined KCS-L&A car fleet made them a common sight across the country. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73261	N	K.C.S. offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73262	N	K.C.S. offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90

The Bessemer & Lake Erie linked the Bessemer-Pittsburgh area with the Lake Erie docks at Conneaut (pronounced Connie-ott), Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania. The vast majority of the B&LE fleet was hoppers which were used to move iron ore south from the lake docks and coal north. Much of this material moved to industry on connecting lines making these iron-red cars a common sight around the entire region. This group of 5,000 B&LE hoppers featured a 90-ton capacity but were largely indistinguishable from 70-ton cars. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73281	N	B&L.E. offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73281	N	B&L.E. offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73283	N	B&L.E. offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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 hand-brakes. Doing that with roller bearing equipped cars would be inviting disaster. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73251	N	C&O offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73252	N	C&O offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73253	N	C&O offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
73256	N	C&O offset-side 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

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 above, IC used friction bearing trucks on these cars. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73231	N	IC offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73232	N	IC offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73233	N	IC offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
73236	N	IC offset-side 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

SCL - Family Lines. Seaboard Coast Line inherited these cars from both Atlantic Coast Line (previously available from Bluford Shops) and Seaboard Air Line (see page 3) 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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73241	N	SCL offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73242	N	SCL offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73243	N	SCL offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

The Erie served coal mines in Ohio and Pennsylvania. For many years they even owned both anthracite and bituminous coal mining operations in the keystone state. 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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73221	N	Erie offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73222	N	Erie offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73223	N	Erie offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

Those not familiar with Missouri Pacific may believe that it wouldn't be much of a "coal road." That would be incorrect and MP rostered about 5,000 of these 70-ton 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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73181	N	Missouri Pacific offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73182	N	Missouri Pacific offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73183	N	Missouri Pacific offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73191	N	Missouri-Illinois offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73192	N	Missouri-Illinois offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73193	N	Missouri-Illinois offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73201	N	Seaboard Air Line offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73202	N	Seaboard Air Line offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73203	N	Seaboard Air Line offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73211	N	Carbon County Railway offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73212	N	Carbon County Railway offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90

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! This roadname is coming in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73161	N	Canadian National offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73162	N	Canadian National offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73163	N	Canadian National offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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, metallurgical, industrial, and consumer use sent these hoppers across much of the country. This roadname is coming in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73171	N	Nickel Plate Road offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73172	N	Nickel Plate Road offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73173	N	Nickel Plate Road offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73151	N	Southern offset-side 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
73152	N	Southern offset-side 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
73153	N	Southern offset-side 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73121	N	B&M Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
73122	N	B&M Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
73123	N	B&M Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85

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. That's right, Iowa! More coal mines were served in central Illinois.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73131	N	M&StL Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
73132	N	M&StL Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90

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.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73141	N	MILW Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
73142	N	MILW Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
73143	N	MILW Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85

Burlington Route had over 3,000 of these 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. This roadname is coming in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73091	N	Burlington Route Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
73092	N	Burlington Route Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
73093	N	Burlington Route Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85

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. This roadname is coming in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73101	N	Rock Island Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
73102	N	Rock Island Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
73103	N	Rock Island Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85

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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
73111	N	Monon Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
73112	N	Monon Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
73113	N	Monon Offset Side 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85

14-panel, 70-ton Hoppers

The 14-Panel 70 Ton 3-bay hopper design first appeared in 1956 when New York Central modified the AAR standard 70-ton hopper design. The NYC variation became very popular with railroads from coast to coast. These cars were lower and shorter than later 90 and 100 ton cars but had more ribs (making for 14 full length panels.

As with all Bluford Shops cars, if you want all of the unique road numbers, order one of each pack.

Bluford is also making available undecorated versions of this hopper. However, quantities are limited, so order yours now.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14001	N	Undecorated 3-bay hopper (single)	$19.95

Montour 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 McKees 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 roadnumbers and include "coal" loads.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14271	N	Montour 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$21.97
14272	N	Montour 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$43.58

Delaware & Hudson Cullet Service 14-Panel hoppers. D&H first acquired hoppers of this design in 1958 for coal, iron and ilmenite loading. More were acquired with D&H's expansion (a result of the creation of Conrail in 1976.) In the early 80s, some were assigned to haul broken glass (called "cullet" in the glass trade) from collection points and bottling plants to glass factories. Cars in this service were painted a striking blue to prevent them being confiscated for some dirty service. This run will be available in 3 roadnumbers and include "cullet" loads.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14241	N	Delaware & Hudson Cullet Service 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$21.97
14242	N	Delaware & Hudson Cullet Service 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$43.58

Seaboard 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 roadnumbers and include "coal" loads.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14231	N	Seaboard Air Line 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$21.97
14232	N	Seaboard Air Line 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
14233	N	Seaboard Air Line 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (3-pack)	$65.37

New York Central Woodchip Service 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 were 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 roadnumbers and include "chip" loads.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14251	N	New York Central woodchip service 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$21.97
14252	N	New York Central woodchip service 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$43.58
14253	N	New York Central woodchip service 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (3-pack)	$65.37

Norfolk Southern 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 & Northwesten so Southern and N&W could use the Norfolk Southern name for their new merger. This run will be available in 3 roadnumbers and include "gravel" loads.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14261	N	Norfolk Southern 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$21.97
14262	N	Norfolk Southern 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$43.58

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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14161	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$18.95
14162	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14163	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14171	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$18.95
14172	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14173	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14141	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$18.95
14142	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14143	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
14146	N	PC 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

Chicago & Eastern Illinois linked Chicago with Evansville (and connections with Dixie roads), and St. Louis. A middle fork served southern Illinois and their extensive coal fields. 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 into MoPac in 1976. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14151	N	C&EI 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$18.95
14152	N	C&EI 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14153	N	C&EI 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (3-pack)	$56.85

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. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14131	N	EL 14-panel 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
14132	N	EL 14-panel 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14133	N	EL 14-panel 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
14136	N	EL 14-panel 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

Detroit Toledo & Ironton picked up 320 of these cars 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. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14121	N	DT&I 14-panel 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
14122	N	DT&I 14-panel 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14123	N	DT&I 14-panel 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
14126	N	DT&I 14-panel 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

Great Northern picked up a number of these 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 numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14111	N	Great Northern 14-panel 70-ton hopper (single)	$18.95
14112	N	Great Northern 14-panel 70-ton hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14113	N	Great Northern 14-panel 70-ton hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
14116	N	Great Northern 14-panel 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

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. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14101	N	Conrail 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (single)	$18.95
14102	N	Conrail 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (2-pack)	$37.90
14103	N	Conrail 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper (3-pack)	$56.85
14106	N	Southern offset-side 70-ton hopper (6-pack)	$113.70

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 #	Scale	Description	Price
14081	N	WM 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay Hopper single	$18.95
14082	N	WM 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay Hopper 2-pack	$37.90
14083	N	WM 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay Hopper 3-pack	$56.85

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 #	Scale	Description	Price
14091	N	CRR 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
14092	N	CRR 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
14093	N	CRR 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85
14096	N	CRR 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 6-pack	$113.70

Santa Fe began taking delivery of these cars 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. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
14061	N	ATSF 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
14062	N	ATSF 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
14063	N	ATSF 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85
14066	N	ATSF 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 6-pack	$113.70

Delaware & Hudson began acquiring these 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 #	Scale	Description	Price
14071	N	Delaware & Hudson 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper single	$18.95
14072	N	Delaware & Hudson 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 2-pack	$37.90
14073	N	Delaware & Hudson 14-panel 70-ton 3-bay hopper 3-pack	$56.85

86' Quad-door Auto Parts Boxcars

86' Auto Parts boxcars have injection molded plastic bodies, etched metal details, operating knuckle couplers, accurately appearing trucks and cushion draft gear enclosures.

As with all Bluford Shops cars, if you want all of the unique road numbers, order one of each pack.

Illinois Central Mainline of Mid-America 86' Quad Door Boxcars. Illinois Central received these cars from Thrall during the Christmas season of 1964, well before IC switched to orange for boxcars. Quad door cars were preferred by General Motors and this group may have been assigned for loading at a GM plant in Indianapolis. The 6,700 mile Illinois Central system was famous for it's network of Chicago-to-the-Gulf routes but they had several important east-west routes as well. These include routes to Omaha, Indianapolis, and Birmingham. This run will be available in 3 roadnumbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87211	N	Illinois Central 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$29.85
87212	N	Illinois Central 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$59.70

Route Rock 86' Quad Door Boxcars. Rock Island picked up a number of these cars in two batches from Pullman Standard beginning in 1964. 11 years later, during a reorganization, Rock Island had a major image overhaul and emerged as "The Rock." As the quad door 86 footers came due for servicing, they emerged as these blue giants. As was the case with many repaints in the 1970s and later, the unpainted aluminum doors and galvanized roofs were painted along with everything else. However, what is unique to the Rock cars is the omission of the white band at the top of the car ends exclaiming these are cars are of excess height! The omission was likely on the original lettering diagram for these cars at Rock's El Reno, Oklahoma shops as all of the quad door cars painted blue were missing the white band. This run will be available in 3 roadnumbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87221	N	Route Rock 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$29.85
87222	N	Route Rock 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$59.70

Union Pacific post-1970 86' quad door boxcars. Union Pacific received their first cars of this design from Pullman Standard in 1964 in the paint scheme reflected in Bluford Shops #87091 and 87092 (now out of stock.) In the next 6 years, changes were made in UP's painting standards. Most notably, the UP shield was changed to read "UNION PACIFIC" with "RAILROAD" eliminated. In addition, the UNION PACIFIC in the middle was changed from black to red and the size of the reporting marks was increased considerably. The "Automated rail way" map remained but was joined by ACI tags and shortly after by consolidated stencils. The placement of data and various warnings was also changed. This would remain the standard paint scheme for this class of cars until 1983 when brown cars with small shields began to appear. These cars will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87151	N	Union Pacific post-1970 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$29.85
87152	N	Union Pacific post-1970 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$59.70

Chessie B&O 86' quad door boxcars. B&O received these cars from Pullman Standard in 1965 in the paint scheme depicted in Bluford Shops #87041 and 87042 (now out of stock) but began to receive Chessie paint in 1973. Unlike most roads who opted for natural aluminum finish on their doors, B&O specified yellow doors on their cars from Pullman Standard. This feature remained on Chessie-era cars. However, as some cars required repainting, the crews painted all the doors blue instead of yellow. Therefore, one of the cars in our 2-pack will feature blue doors while the other and the single car will have the more common yellow doors. These cars will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87161	N	Chessie B&O single car (yellow doors) 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$29.85
87162	N	Chessie B&O, 1 car with yellow doors, 1 car with blue doors, 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$59.70

Golden West Service was established in 1990 with an agreement between Southern Pacific and Greenbrier Industries. A wide range of freight cars from the SP, Cotton Belt, and Rio Grande fleets that were in need of rebuilding, gradually made their way to Greenbrier's Gunderson rail car plant. They emerged in Golden West Services paint and resumed their roles under the management of SP. Because of the structure of the deal, Greenbrier was required to apply common carrier reporting marks (no private owner marks ending in X) to these cars so they made a deal with Galveston Railroad (GVSR), Ventura County Railway (VCY), Coe Rail (CRLE) and for a short time Kansas City Southern (KCS) to use their reporting marks. Ultimately, the Golden West fleet would grow to exceed 10,000 cars. This group of former Cotton Belt cars was assigned GVSR marks. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86441	N	GWSR 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86442	N	GWSR 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Seaboard System was the result of the January, 1983 consolidation of The Family Lines into one railroad. The family tree looks like this: Prior to 1967, Atlantic Coast Line controlled Louisville & Nashville who together jointly operated the Clinchfield and jointly controlled the Georgia Railroad who in turn controlled Atlanta & West Point and Western Railway of Alabama. In 1967, ACL merged with Seaboard Air Line to become Seaboard Coast Line. In 1974, The Family Lines image was adopted on many freight cars for all of the above railroads. The railroads remained separate and The Family Lines was simply a joint marketing image. Then on January 1, of 1983 all of the Family Lines roads were actually merged into Seaboard Coast Line who then changed their name to "Seaboard System." This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86451	N	SBD 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86452	N	SBD 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Norfolk Southern - large logo. In the last several years, Norfolk Southern began painting these boxcars with a much larger version of the flying NS logo. In 2005, yellow reflector stripes began to appear on freight cars around the nation. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86401	N	NYC 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86402	N	NYC 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Milwaukee Road - as built. Milwaukee Road received these cars from Pullman Standard in December of 1967 in this paint scheme. This group was initially assigned for loading Ford body panels on the New York Central in Monroe, Michigan. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86411	N	NYC 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86412	N	NYC 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

New York Central received these quad door cars from Pullman Standard in 1967 and assigned them for loading at an Oldsmobile plant in Lansing on the Grand Trunk Western. Unlike previous NYC 86' cars, this group received the medium size cigar band logo. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87171	N	NYC 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
87172	N	NYC 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

In 1983, Canadian National transferred this group of quad door cars from US subsidiary GTW to the parent road Canadian National. The CNA reporting marks mean these cars were built in the US and assigned to international service. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87181	N	CN 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
87182	N	CN 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Detroit Toledo & Ironton - Cypress Green. DT&I received 258 of these cars painted cypress green from Pullman Standard in two groups in 1965 and 1966. As you would expect from a group this large, they were assigned to several different plants both on an off the DT&I. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86391	N	DT&I 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86392	N	DT&I 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Rio Grande received these quad door cars from Pullman Standard in the Summer of 1966. They were initially assigned for loading at a GM plant on the Pennsylvania RR in Indianapolis. Rio Grande had no assembly plants on line, but since they served as a bridge route for traffic between plants, they joined the appropriate multi-railroad equipment pools. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87161	N	D&RGW 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
87162	N	D&RGW 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

This particular group of Burlington Northern double door cars were built by Pullman Standard for Frisco in 1967. They joined the BN fleet when BN acquired the Frisco three decades ago. They joined a fleet of similar cars in the BN fleet inherited from CB&Q. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86381	N	BN 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86382	N	BN 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Grand Trunk Western received these quad door cars from Pullman Standard in the Summer of 1967. This was prior to their adoption of "The Good Track Road" motto adopted in response to the deterioration of key competitor Penn Central. Initially, these cars were assigned for loading on the GTW in Flint, Michigan for delivery to GM assembly plants in other states via connections. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87151	N	GT 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
87152	N	GT 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Santa Fe Quality. In the aftermath of the failed application to merge with Southern Pacific, Santa Fe launched their "Quality Service Network" with the goal of attracting premium rates for moving selected priority traffic. They adopted a new variation of the Santa Fe logo with a stylized "Q" surrounding the traditional circle and cross logo. This was applied to the mineral red (nearly burgundy) paint job that replaced the Indian red used for many years. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86361	N	ATSF 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86362	N	ATSF 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

For most of its history, the Ann Arbor ran 300 miles from Toledo through Ann Arbor to the coast of Lake Michigan at Frankfurt where through traffic was loaded on car ferries for rail connections across the lake in Wisconsin and Michigan's upper peninsula. After extended periods of control by Wabash and then Detroit Toledo & Ironton, Ann Arbor adopted this image featuring the "ferry in the fog" logo. This group of Greenville-built cars was leased from Brae in 1978. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86371	N	Ann Arbor 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
86372	N	Ann Arbor 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Rock Island received these quad door cars in the Summer of 1966. Auto parts traffic on the Rock Island was fairly significant with bridge traffic in addition to assembly plants located on line. Most of the "Granger Railroads" kept largely to one side or the other of a border stretching from St. Louis to Kansas City and on to Denver. C&NW and MILW for instance were to the north of the line while M-K-T and Frisco were to the south. Rock Island was the only line to have more or less equal portions on both sides of this line. Going from Minneapolis to Dallas? Rock Island was your single-line option. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87131	N	Rock Island 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
87132	N	Rock Island 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Baltimore & Ohio received a large batch of these cars from Greenville in 1969 and 1970. Unlike B&O's earlier batches of quad door cars, these came with unpainted natural aluminum doors and a pair of capitol dome logos on each side (one in yellow and one in blue on a yellow disk.) B&O's auto parts fleet was lopsided in favor of quad door cars, reflecting the predominance of General Motors traffic on the line. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87141	N	Baltimore & Ohio 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (single)	$25.95
87142	N	Baltimore & Ohio 86' quad-door auto parts boxcars (2-pack)	$51.90

Erie Lackawanna had a large fleet of double door 86 footers purchased from Greenville between 1965 and 1966. Like all auto parts cars, they operated in large multi-railroad pools and often spent extended periods off home rails. The yellow "CUSHIONED CAR" logo is essentially the same as one used on similar Pennsylvania and Frisco 86 footers. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86341	N	Erie Lackwanna double-door auto parts boxcars single	$25.95
86342	N	Erie Lackwanna double-door auto parts boxcars 2-pack	$51.90

In January of 1969, when these cars arrived from Greenville, Chicago Burlington & Quincy was preparing for merger with parents Great Northern and Northern Pacific (and sibling SP&S.) New equipment was being delivered in Cascade Green with "BURLINGTON" in the new style lettering and CB&Q reporting marks. After the merger, they expected to add "NORTHERN" and change the number. However, small changes in the lettering style led BN to abandon this plan and completely repaint the cars only when they came up for major shopping. We photographed one of these cars still in original lettering in California in 1996, 26 years after the BN merger! This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
86351	N	Burlington double-door auto parts boxcars single	$25.95
86352	N	Burlington double-door auto parts boxcars 2-pack	$51.90

This batch of quad-door cars was delivered to Southern Railway during the Spring of 1965. They were initially assigned for loading at a General Motors plant on the Grand Trunk Western in Flint, Michigan. Southern had a number of "paper railroad" subsidiaries and portions of the freight car fleet were allocated to these subsidiaries. This group of cars was allocated to the Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific. The CNO&TP initials are in the top right corner of each side of the car. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87111	N	Southern quad-door auto parts boxcars single	$25.95
87112	N	Southern quad-door auto parts boxcars 2-pack	$51.90

Detroit & Toledo Shore Line received this batch of cars from Greenville early in 1970. The D&TS was just 50 miles long linking Detroit with Toledo but was double tracked and handled a large volume of traffic. Grand Trunk Western and Norfolk & Western (formerly Nickel Plate) each owned a 50% interest in the line. N&W used it to reach Detroit and GTW used it to reach Toledo. It's position gave it a vital role in the movement of auto parts. In 1981, GTW bought N&W's share and merged the line into its system. These cars joined the GTW fleet, some remaining in this paint scheme for close to two decades. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers.

Part #	Scale	Description	Price
87121	N	Detroit & Toledo Shore Line quad-door auto parts boxcars single	$25.95
87122	N	Detroit & Toledo Shore Line quad-door auto parts boxcars 2-pack	$51.90