Nov 2010 Announcements

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 $21.79; 73342 2-Pack $43.58; 73343 3-Pack $65.37.

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 $21.79; 73362 2-Pack $43.58; 73363 3-Pack $65.37.

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." The illustration to the right shows both sides of a single car. 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 $21.79; 73352 2-Pack $43.58; 73353 3-Pack $65.37.

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 $21.79; 14162 2-Pack $43.58; 14163 3-Pack $65.37.

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 $21.79; 14172 2-Pack $43.58; 14173 3-Pack $65.37.

Milwaukee Road - as built. Milwaukee Road received these cars from Pullman Standard in December of 1967 in this paint scheme. This group was initially assigned for loading Ford body panels on the New York Central in Monroe, Michigan. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 86411 single car $29.85; 86412 2-Pack $59.70.

Norfolk Southern - large logo. In the last several years, Norfolk Southern began painting these boxcars with a much larger version of the flying NS logo. In 2005, yellow reflector stripes began to appear on freight cars around the nation in response to new FRA regulations. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 86401 single car $29.85; 86402 2-Pack $59.70.