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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 desposits 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 removeable “anthracite” loads.

Features:

• Fully molded air tank and valve with piping, slope sheet braces
• Body mounted brake hose detail
• Separate brake cylinder, rod and lever detail (a first on an N scale open hopper!)
• Body mounted magnetically operating couplers
• Coal load
• Diecast slope sheets and center sill
• Injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors

Reservations Due By: December 31, 2011

Expected Release: June 2012

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