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.

Florida East Coast’s largest commodity behind intermodal is gravel quarried in the area around Hialeah and used for construction projects in Florida and elsewhere. Built by Greenville in the summer of ’65, this group of hoppers is presented here as they appeared after 1974 with ACI tags and 2-box consolidated stencils. If the road number style looks familiar, it is the same one used by Southern Railway at the time. The two companies were unrelated but frequent interchange partners

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