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Bluford Shops - N Scale - Offset Side 70 Ton 3-Bay Hopper - Chesapeak and Ohio (C&O) - 3 Pack - (SKU 188-73253)

Available On: January 1, 2011

 

 

Features:

- Friction bearing or roller bearing trucks as appropriate for each road name
- 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
- and injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors

All runs will be available in multiple road numbers (a single and one of each of the multi-packs gives you one of each road number available.)

 

Coal hauling giant Chesapeake & Ohio received 1,000 of thesecars from General American in 1949. They were one of the earliest groups of cars to be equipped with roller bearing trucks and received a prominant 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. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers

Reserve Before August 30,2010

For January 2011 Delivery







$65.37 US
Country of Origin: China