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.

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.)

Reserve Before Aug. 31,2011 

Delivery Expected March 2012