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Bluford Shops - N Scale - 14-Panel 70 Ton 3-Bay Hopper - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (RI) (2 pack) (SKU 188-73102)

Available On: August 1, 2010

 

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.)

 

Rock Island had been picking up 70 ton 3-bay offset side hoppers in quantity since 1949. They leased this particular batch from United States Railway Equipment in 1971. These cars (which had been built years before by Pullman Standard) had a good going-over by USRE and were equipped with modern roller bearing trucks. ACI tags were mandatory by this time and are included on these cars. This roadname is coming in 6 road numbers. 73101 Rock Island single; 73102 2-Pack; 73103 3-Pack. 






$37.90 US