Dear N Scale Customers:

Bluford Shops is happy to announce our second run of N scale 2-Bay Rebuilt War Emergency Hoppers. These ready-to-run cars feature: die cast slope sheet-hopper bay-center sill assembly; injection molded plastic sides, ends, and hopper doors; fully molded brake tank, valve and air lines; body mounted brake hose detail; load; body mounted magnetically operating knuckle couplers; close coupling; and Fox Valley Models metal wheels.

IMPORTANT: In the past, we have packaged hopper runs such as these as singles, 2-packs and 3-packs for a total of 6 road numbers. Beginning with this announcement we are doing away with the multi-packs and each of the 6 road numbers can now be ordered separately.

The first of Louisville & Nashville’s 1,000 car fleet of War Emergency hoppers had their wood siding replaced with steel at the railroad’s South Louisville Shops in 1954. L&N renumbered the cars as they were rebuilt from the 31000 series to the 71000 series.  After much of the fleet had been converted in this manner, L&N changed methods and rebuilt the remaining composite hoppers into 8-panel hoppers.