Burlington Route had been painting their hopper cars Chinese Red since the late 50s but by the end of 1962, they had decided that hoppers should receive a nice hard-wearing black instead. As CB&Q’s large fleet of 3-bay offset side hoppers came due for repainting, they received this paint scheme. Note the slogans below the rectangular logo are different on each side of the car. One side has Way Of The Zephyrs and the other has Everywhere West. This paint scheme will be available in six road numbers.

 Features:

• Fully molded air tank and valve with piping, slope sheet braces
• Body mounted brake hose detail
• Separate brake cylinder, rod and lever detail 
• Body mounted magnetically operating couplers
• Coal load
• Diecast slope sheets and center sill
• Injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors
• Fox Valley Models metal wheelsets