The 525 mile Alaska Railroad links Fairbanks deep in the interior of the state with Anchorage, Whittier and Seward on the Gulf of Alaska. Interchange with other railroads is accomplished with ocean-going car barges to ports in Canada and the Seattle area. Three of this line’s top commodities, coal, sand and gravel all move in hoppers. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 73331 single car $21.79; 73332 2-Pack $43.58.

The 1,400 mile Chicago Great Western linked Chicago and Omaha on one axis and the Twin Cities and Kansas City on the other. The CGW used hoppers to move coal, stone, low grade iron ore and petroleum coke. The CGW became part of the Chicago & North Western System in 1968. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 73321 single car $21.79; 73322 2-Pack $ 43.58; 73323 3-Pack $65.37.

Penn Central inherited their sizable fleet of these hoppers from New York Central who instigated the original design. Since the Penn Central era coincided with the ACI tag era, all PC cars, these models included, carry the multi-color bar codes on their sides. These cars joined the Conrail fleet in 1976. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers. 14141 single car $21.79; 14142 2-Pack $43.58; 14143 3-Pack $65.37; 14146 6-Pack $130.74.

Santa Fe began taking delivery of these 14-Panel hoppers in 1964 and eventually built up a fleet of 800 cars. In addition to coal generated in New Mexico and other pockets around the system, Santa Fe also used these hoppers for various aggregates and minerals as well as coke. These cars had roller bearing trucks. This roadname is available in 12 road numbers. 14061 Santa Fe single; 14062 2-Pack; 14063 3-Pack; 14066 6-Pack. New 2/11/2011

Boston & Maine picked up these cars second hand in 1962. They had been built by Bethlehem 13 years before but were still in great shape. B&M moved a great deal of stone for the region’s growing construction business. Therefore, the loads for our B&M run represent gray stone.

14-Panel 70 ton 3-bay hoppers in Burlington Northern. Burlington Northern inherited these cars from Great Northern.
They continued in service at least through the 1990s. This roadname will be available in 20 road numbers. 14011
Burlington Northern single

Carbon County Railway served two massive coal mines in Utah. Much of the coal went for making coke to feed the furnaces of the steel mill that owned the railroad. However, the output of the mines far exceeded what the mill could use and the extra coal moved to industries in other states and even moved to the coast for export. The CBC freight car fleet consisted of 500 hoppers and a single gondola. Carbon County Railway closed up in 1983. 73211 single car $21.79; 73212 2-Pack $43.58.

Burlington Route had over 3,000 of these offset side cars which they built in their own Havelock Shops between 1949 and 1952. Most survived into the Burlington Northern era. These cars have the Everywhere West slogan on both sides as per the prototype. This roadname is available in 6 road numbers. 73091 Burlington Route single; 73092 2-Pack; 73093 3-Pack. New 2/11/2011

Offset Side 70 ton 3-bay hoppers in Chicago & North Western. Chicago & North Western received a large fleet of these cars from builder Pullman Standard in the late ‘40s. Many remained in service in the ‘80s. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers. 73061 C&NW single; 73062 2-Pack; 73063 3-Pack; 73066 6-Pack.

Coal hauling giant Chesapeake & Ohio received 1,000 of these cars from General American in 1949. They were one of the earliest groups of cars to beequipped with roller bearing trucks and received a prominant white band on the side to remind crews of this fact. In those days, cars with friction bearing trucks were frequently spotted and left without setting the handbrakes. Doing that with roller bearing equipped cars would be inviting disaster. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers. 73251 single car; 73252 2-Pack; 73253 3-Pack. 73256 6-pack.

Offset Side 70 ton 3-bay hoppers in Canadian Pacific. Canadian Pacific had 3,500 of these 70 ton cars. The script herald was adopted in 1959 and survived in revenue service on some of these cars at least into the mid-80s. This roadname will be available in 10 road numbers. 73081 Canadian Pacific single; 73083 3-Pack; 73086 6-Pack

Delaware & Hudson began acquiring these 14-Panel 70 ton cars in 1958. They were used for coal and ilmenite service for many years. In fact during D&H’s big expansion (the result of trackage rights granted by the newly created Conrail) the line picked up more of these cars to serve the expanded system. This roadname is available in 6 road numbers. 14071 Delaware & Hudson single; 14072 2-Pack, 14073 3-Pack. New 2/11/2011

14-Panel 70 ton 3-bay hoppers in Rio Grande. Rio Grande was an early adopter of the NYC design with this first batch coming from Bethlehem in 1957. More came the following year. This roadname will be available in 20 road numbers. 14041 Rio Grande single; 14043 3-Pack; 14046 6-Pack; 14040 10-Pack.

Detroit Toledo & Ironton picked up 320 of these 14-Panel Rib Side hoppers from Greenville Steel Car between 1959 and 1960. DT&I linked Detroit with the Ohio River at Ironton, Ohio. This put DT&I in position to move coal from river barges to heavy industry in northern Ohio and Michigan as well as other midwestern points via connections. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers. 14121 single car; 14122 2-Pack; 14123 3-Pack; 14126 6-Pack.

Erie Lackawanna received 1,000 of these hoppers in 3 groups from Greenville beginning in 1965. EL used them in bituminous coal and iron ore service. They differed from the original NYC design in that many of the attachment points that called for a weld were riveted on the EL cars. Despite their 1965 construction date, these cars were delivered with friction bearing trucks. Erie Lackawanna became part of Conrail in 1976. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers. 14131 single car; 14132 2-Pack; 14133 3-Pack; 14136 6-Pack..

Milwaukee Road became a major originator of coal traffic in 1921 with the acquisition of the Chicago Terre Haute Southeastern. This extended Milwaukee ’s reach into the coal mining regions of southern Indiana. In addition, MILW served mines in Iowa, Illinois, Montana and even Washington.

The 600 mile Monon covered Indiana with an X shaped system. One axis linked Chicago with Indianapolis and the other axis linked the Great Lakes port of Michigan City to Louisville. The two routes crossed in the small city of Monon, Indiana. Monon would merge with Louisville & Nashville in 1971. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 73111 Monon single; 73112 2-Pack; 73113 3-Pack. New 2/11/2011

Offset Side 70 ton 3-bay hoppers in New York Central. New York Central obtained their first 3-bay offset side hoppers in the late 1920’s. Most were rebuilt beginning in 1949 and soldiered on for many more years. More new cars were acquired in the early 50s, before NYC switched allegence in 1956 to our other new body style. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers. 73071 New York Central offset side single; 73072 2-Pack; 73073 3-Pack; 73076 6-Pack

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 available in 6 road numbers. 73101 Rock Island single; 73102 2-Pack; 73103 3-Pack. New 2/11/2011

SCL -Family Lines. Seaboard Coast Line inherited these cars from both Atlantic Coast Line (previously available from Bluford Shops) and Seaboard Air Line (see the June 2010 announcements) in their 1967 merger. In 1975, a portion of the combined fleet received heavy service at SCL’s Tampa shops and emerged in The Family Lines paint scheme. The Family Lines encompassed SCL, Louisville & Nashville, Clinchfield, Georgia, Atlanta & West Point and Western Railway of Alabama. SCL had stock control of L&N. SCL and L&N jointly owned Clinchfield and jointly controlled Georgia Railroad. Georgia controlled A&WP and WoA. The latter two were together called “West Point Route.” All were folded into Seaboard System in 1983. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 73241 single car; 73242 2-Pack; 73243 3-Pack.

Santa Fe (1950s) offset side 3-bay hoppers. Santa Fe had been collecting 3-bay offset side hoppers since the 1930s and ultimately established a fleet of several thousand cars. Cars delivered in the 1950s received this paint scheme with “ATSF” reporting marks (no periods and no ampersand.) Santa Fe generated coal loads in New Mexico as well as in smaller pockets in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. They also used these hoppers for gravel, flux stone and metallic ores. These cars will be available in 12 road numbers. 73451 Santa Fe -1950s single car $21.79; 73452 2-pack $43.58; 73453 3-pack $65.37; 73456 6-pack $130.74. . Due - Fall 2011

Burlington (Chinese red)offset side 3-bay hoppers. Chicago Burlington & Quincy built thousands of these hoppers in their own Havelock Shops beginning in 1949. Beginning in 1958, Burlington updated their image by shifting from boxcar red to Chinese red on their freight car fleet. The Q had considerable coal traffic for a “Granger ” road. In addition, these cars were often found far from home rails moving coal and minerals to Southern New England, the South and Appala- chia, in addition to “Everywhere West.” These colorful cars will be available in 6 road numbers. 73471 Burlington -Chinese red single car $21.79; 73472 2-pack $43.58; 73473 3-pack $65.37. Due - Fall 2011

Chicago & Illinois Western 3-bay offset side hoppers. Chicago & Illinois Western was a shortline with 33 miles of track serving a number of large industries in Harvester, Hawthorne, and Gary in the greater Chicago area. Illinois Central took stock control of the C&IW in 1924 but the shortline remained a separate operation with their own locomotives and freight cars. IC influence can be seen in the C&IW’s lettering style which is very similar to IC’s pre-1967 practices. Speaking of which, the wonky spacing in the lettering is prototypical for these cars. It looks as if they had all the stencils for “Chicago,” “Illinois,” and “Western” spaced perfectly and then realized they left out the “&.” This run will be available in 3 road numbers. 73531 Chicago & Illinois Western single car $21.79; 73532 2-Pack $43.58. . . Due - Summer '12

Canadian National (pre-1958) offset side 3-bay hoppers. CN had 4,655 hoppers of this design delivered between 1949 and 1958. All but the last batches were delivered in this scheme with the standard 9” block lettering. The cars were built by Eastern Car Company, National Steel, and Canadian Car & Foundry. These cars will be available in 12 road numbers. 73441 Canadian National (pre-1958) single car $21.79; 73442 2-pack $43.58; 73443 3-pack $65.37; 73446 6-pack $130.7 . Due - Fall 2011

Chessie - B&O. Baltimore & Ohio had a huge fleet of these 70 ton offset side hoppers. They continued to receive these cars into the mid-60s so many were relatively young when the Chessie image, seen here, became the new standard. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 73371 single car $21.79; 73372 2-Pack $43.58; 73373 3-Pack $65.37. . . Due - Early 2012

Chicago & North Western - black. As C&NW’s large fleet of 70 ton hoppers came up for repainting in the 1970s, they received this black scheme with the “Employee Owned” version of the logo, 2-box format con-stencils and ACI tags. C&NW and subsidiary Omaha Road ordered these cars new plus C&NW inherited many from M&St.L and CGW. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 73381 single car $21.79; 73382 2-Pack $43.58; 73383 3-Pack $65.377 . . Due - Early 2012

Beginning in 1968, Canadian Pacific ’s 3,500 car fleet of 70 ton offset side hoppers began appearing in this CP Rail paint scheme. As a rule, the multi-mark logo was painted toward the “B” end on each side resulting in a flipped location of the road numbers and dimensional data from one side to the other. This detail is being reproduced on this run. ACI bar codes were added at the same time and con-stencils followed shortly after. The CP Rail name would last for 28 years before the company changed the name back to "Canadian Pacific." This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. Please note the suggested retail price on this run is $19.95 per car due to the more complicated nature of this paint scheme. 73351 single car $19.95; 73352 2-Pack $39.90; 73353 3-Pack $59.85. .Due - April 2011

Delaware & Hudson Cullet Service 14-Panel hoppers. D&H first acquired hoppers of this design in 1958 for coal, iron and ilmenite loading. More were acquired with D&H’s expansion (a result of the creation of Conrail in 1976.) In the early 80s, some were assigned to haul broken glass (called “cullet” in the glass trade) from collection points and bottling plants to glass factories. Cars in this service were painted a striking blue to prevent them being confiscated for some dirty service. This run will be available in 3 roadnumbers and include “cullet” loads. 14241 Delaware & Hudson cullet service single car $21.79; 14242 2-Pack $43.58. Due - Spring, 2012

Delaware Lackawanna & Western began ordering sizable fleets of these 70 ton hoppers in the late 1920s. “The Road of Anthracite” logo had been added to most of the fleet by the transition era. The thousand mile Lackawanna system served New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and originated large volumes of coal, especially clean-burning anthracite. DL&W merged with Erie in 1960 to form Erie Lackawanna. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 73361 single car; 73362 2-Pack; 73363 3-Pack .Due - April 2011

Legendary Michigan regional Detroit & Mackinac expanded their hopper fleet with these cars acquired from Penn Central. Stone quarries were an important source of traffic for the DM and these hoppers were used to serve them. These models will include stone loads instead of the usual coal load. At 350 miles, the DM had more route miles than many other notable regionals including Ann Arbor, Clinchfield, Green Bay & Western, and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 14191 single car $21.79; 14192 2-Pack $43.58. Due - Early 2012

Florida East Coast. This group of 70 ton hoppers was delivered in the Spring of 1965, in the second year of a violent strike. Trains continued to run during the labor action. It would be another six years before the strike ended and Florida East Coast emerged years ahead of other railroads in technology and operating practices. By 1971, FEC was installing concrete ties, operating with two-man crews and cabooses had become a fond memory. FEC’s primary hopper commodity is
limestone gravel (used in construction) from an area east of Hiyaleah, so we are including a limestone load for this run instead of the usual coal load. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 14171 single car; 14172 2-Pack; 14173 3-Pack. Due - April 2011

Grand Trunk Western (post-1962) 3-bay offset side hoppers. Grand Trunk Western received 500 of these hoppers from American Car & Foundry in 1952. While parent CN introduced their “noodle” logo in 1960, the GTW version appeared in 1962 and was applied to the now decade old hoppers as they were shopped. GTW moved coal from connecting roads to power Michigan’s voracious auto industry, and also loaded significant quantities of gravel (for use in construction across the Industrial Midwest) on their Saginaw Subdivision. This run will be available in 6 road numbers and comes with “coal” loads. The loads can be easily painted if you prefer to model cars in gravel service. 73541 Grand Trunk Western (post-1962) single car $21.79; 73542 2-Pack $43.58; 73543 3-Pack $65.37. Due - Summer '12

Great Lakes Carbon offset side 3-bay hoppers. Great Lakes Carbon leased 70 of these cars from US Railway Equipment in 1974.GLC produced calcined petroleum coke used in making furnace anodes for aluminum mills and producing titanium dioxide. Petroleum coke is a byproduct of oil refining and looks very much like coal. These cars will be available in 3 road numbers. 73481 Great Lakes Carbon single car $21.79; 73482 2-pack $43.58. Due - Fall 2011

Illinois Central Gulf 3-bay offset side hoppers. Illinois Central was quite a fan of 3-bay offset side hoppers and continued to build them into the late ‘60s. In 1972, IC merged with the largely parallel Gulf Mobile & Ohio
creating Illinois Central Gulf. The combined railroad was immense with 9,500 route miles (about 60 more than Union Pacific during the same period.) As the old IC hoppers were shopped during the ‘70s, they emerged in this scheme complete with then standard ACI bar codes and con-stencils. This run will be available in 6 road numbers. 73551 Illinos Central Gulf single car $21.79; 73552 2-Pack $43.58; 73553 3-Pack $65.37. Due - Summer '12

Louisville & Nashville had more hoppers than most railroads had cars. This particular batch arrived in 1969 when L&N and Missouri Pacific split up the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. Since MP was keeping the C&EI name, L&N’s share of the hopper fleet was quickly repainted to match their huge fleet of very similar 70 ton hoppers. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 14181 single car $21.79; 14182 2-Pack $43.58; 14183 3-Pack $65.37. . Due - Early 2012

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific 3-bay offset side hoppers. Prior to 1953 the railroad popularly known as Milwaukee Road used their full name “Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific” inside their familiar tilted
rectangle logo. Milwaukee Road became a major originator of coal traffic in 1921 with the acquisition of the Chicago Terre Haute Southeastern. This extended Milwaukee’s reach into the coal mining regions of Southern Indiana. In addition, MILW served mines in Iowa, Illinois, Montana and even Washington. This run will be available in 6 road numbers. 73561 CMSt.P&P single car $21.79; 73562 2-Pack $43.58; 73563 3-Pack $65.37. Due - Summer '12

Montour 14-Panel hoppers. The Montour Railroad was a busy coal hauling shortline in Southwestern Pennsylvania. For most of its history the Montour was jointly owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad (Penn Central in 1968) and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (itself a subsidiary of New York Central.) The collapse of Penn Central brought about the independence of P&LE who then took full control of the Montour. The Montour remained a separate operation however. By the late 70s, the Montour had racked up a lopsided car-hire account due to a lack of serviceable home road hoppers. P&LE leased 200 of their hoppers to Montour in 1979 for interline service to balance out the car-hire deficit. The cars were serviced and repainted at P&LE’s McKees Rocks shops and turned over to Montour. Thanks to the Montour Historical Society for their help on this one. This run will be available in 3 roadnumbers and include “coal” loads. 14271 Montour single car $21.79; 14272 2-Pack $43.58. Due - Spring 2012

New York Central Woodchip Service 14-Panel hoppers. NYC developed this style of 70-ton hopper in the mid-50s and continued to buy and build them into the 1960s. During the 60s, a portion of the fleet received these special markings and were assigned to woodchip service. The timber industry had begun using chips to make particle and chip board several years before but purpose-built large capacity “woodchip cars” were still relatively rare. By assigning certain hoppers to this service NYC avoided the frequent cleaning that cars from coal, coke and aggregate service would require before hauling woodchips. This run will be available in 6 roadnumbers and include “chip” loads. 14251 New York Central woodchip service single car $21.79; 14252 2-Pack $43.58; 14253 3-Pack $65.37. Due - Spring 2012

Pere Marquette 3-bay offset side hoppers. First of all for those not familiar with this line, it’s PERE (pronounced like Pair, not Pierre as in South Dakota. Pere is French for “Father.”) Pere Marquette connected much of Michigan with Chicago, Toledo, and (via Southern Ontario) Buffalo, New York. They also interchanged with Wisconsin roads via car ferries across Lake Michigan. Sporting around 2,000 route miles, Pere Marquette was between Rio Grande and Nickel Plate Road in relative size. In 1927, PM received 250 of these 3-bay offset side hoppers. In 1947, Pere Marquette was merged into Chesapeake & Ohio. However, due in part to its location and in part to the nature of equipment assignments during this era, there was little visible evidence that C&O had taken over for more than a decade! This run will be available in 3 road numbers. 73571 Pere Marquette single car $21.79; 73572 2-Pack $43.58. Due - Summer '12

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie was known as “The Little Giant ” and for good reason. This 233 mile railroad generated so much traffic that they required a freight car fleet of more than 25,000 cars - that ’s 107 cars for every mile of mainline! P&LE had over 6,000 of these hoppers with this group arriving from Bethlehem in the Spring of 1957. P&LE was controlled by New York Central and these cars carried the familiar “New York Central System” oval logo. NYC successor Penn Central
would sell off their interest in P&LE after the creation of Conrail. P&LE became independent until 1993 when they were acquired by CSX. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 14161 single car; 14162 2-Pack; 14163 3-Pack. Due - April 2011

Seaboard 14-Panel hoppers. Seaboard Air Line Railroad received their first rib side 70-ton hoppers in 1960. In the build up to their merger with Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard began to apply this paint scheme to hoppers as they were shopped. Right after the merger, cars began recieving ACI tags, followed by consolidated stencils a few years later. This run will be available in 6 roadnumbers and include “coal” loads. 14231 Seaboard single car $21.79; 14232 2-Pack $43.58; 14233 3-Pack $65.37.
Due - Spring 2012

Southern Pacific - T&NO. Southern Pacific received these cars from Bethlehem Steel in 1953 (in this paint scheme) and assigned them to subsidiary Texas & New Orleans. Combined with a group delivered 7 years earlier, the SP-T&NO fleet numbered 800 hoppers of this design. This roadname will be available in 6 road numbers. 73341 single car; 73342 2-Pack; 73343 3-Pack.Due - April 2011

Decked out in a jaunty dark green, these Toledo Peoria & Western hoppers were delivered in the late 1920s and remained in service well into the diesel era. The TP&W served as a bridge road for interchange traffic between Santa Fe and the Pennsylvania Railroad while avoiding the congested Chicago area. The TP&W linked Keokuk, IA (on the Mississippi River) to Effner on the Illinois - Indiana border, effectively bisecting the state of Illinois. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 73391 single car $21.79; 73392 2-Pack $43.58 . . Due - Early 2012

United States Army offset side 3-bay hoppers. This group of hoppers was built in 1965 by and for the Illinois Central. What year they joined the Army is in doubt, but we can say they received this combination of lettering in 1989 or shortly thereafter. These cars are used to haul coal in small groups from mines to Army base power stations in through coal and mixed manifest freights. These cars will be available in 3 road numbers. 73461 United States Army single car $21.79; 73462 2-pack $43.58. Due - Fall 2011

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