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.”

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
• Injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors

Expected Release: Fall 2011