The Bluford Shops N scale 14-Panel 3-Bay Hopper returns in nine new paint schemes. The design of this hopper was spearheaded by New York Central in the late ‘50s as they sought an alternative to the AAR 70-ton rib side hopper design. In the end, this 14-Panel design proved to be popular with more railroads than the AAR design. Our N scale models feature diecast slope sheet/hopper bay assemblies for plenty of weight – even when running empty, removeable loads, metal wheels, magnetically operating knuckle couplers, separately applied brake detail and carefully researched paint schemes.

Erie Lackawanna received this batch of 500 hoppers from Greenville in 1965. This batch had all black ribs (later deliveries had 2 yellow ribs per side.) They split their time hauling iron ore and bituminous coal (our models will be equipped with coal loads.) For this run we are including ACI tags which were applied to the cars after 1967.

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