Offset side 70 ton 3-bay hoppers first appeared in the late 1920s but by the late 30s they had evolved into the AAR standard design seen here. They were built in large quantities by many builders until the mid-1960s. Many remained in service into the 1990s.

   Canada Southern operated for most of its history as a subsidiary of the New York Central System. It ran from the Detroit area northeast along the Canadian side of Lake Erie to the Buffalo - Niagra Falls area. Control of the line passed first to Penn Central and then Conrail. Conrail sold the CA-SO to CN and CP in 1985. These hoppers were assigned to ore loading on the CN in Dane, Ontario for customers in the United States. These cars will come with ore loads in place of the usual coal 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 February 25,2011 

 Delivery Expected June 2011