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Bluford Shops - N Scale - 14-Panel 70 Ton 3-Bay Hopper - Detroit,Toledo & Ohio (DT&I) - 3 Pack - (SKU 188-14123)

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.)

 

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 original AAR standard. These cars were lower and shorter than later 90 and 100 ton cars but had more ribs (making for 14 full length 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...

 

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.

Reserve Before August 30,2010

For January 2011 Delivery

 







$65.37 US
Country of Origin: China