Past Releases 2-Bay War Emergency Composite Hoppers

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Past Releases: N Scale 2-Bay

War Emergency Composite Hoppers.

These cars were built during the Second World War with wood siding and slope sheets at the direction of the War Production Board in hopes of saving as much steel as possible for the war effort. This was especially the case with hoppers that were usually built with copper-bearing steel to resist corrosion. The car sides were built with the Pratt truss design using a combination of vertical and diagonal ribs. A majority were later rebuilt with steel replacing the wood components but some composite cars remained in service into the 1970s.

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 metal wheels.

63011 Chesapeake & Ohio single; 63012 Chesapeake & Ohio 2-pack;
63013 Chesapeake & Ohio 3-pack

63021 Burlington Route Chinese Red single; 63022 Burlington Route Chinese Red 2-pack; 63023 Burlington Route Chinese Red 3-pack

63031 Lehigh Valley single; 63032 Lehigh Valley 2-pack;
63033 Lehigh Valley 3-pack

63041 Louisville & Nashville single; 63042 Louisville & Nashville 2-pack;
63043 Louisville & Nashville 3-pack

63051 Pennsylvania Railroad single; 63052 Pennsylvania Railroad 2-pack;
63053 Pennsylvania Railroad 3-pack

63061 Virginian single; 63062 Virginian 2-pack; 63063 Virginian 3-pack

63071 Alton Railroad single; 63072 Alton Railroad 2-pack

63081 Ann Arbor single; 63082 Ann Arbor 2-pack

63091 Gulf Mobile & Ohio single; 63092 Gulf Mobile & Ohio 2-pack

63101 Illinois Terminal single; 63102 Illinois Terminal 2-pack

Cornfields

Some of the above pictures show the cars with track, scenery and even other cars for a bit of context. Obviously the cars in question don't include that stuff - but you knew that already.

63110 Atlantic Coast Line (mineral load) - #ACL 82432

63111 Atlantic Coast Line (mineral load) - #ACL 82687

63114 Atlantic Coast Line (mineral load) - #ACL 82053

63115 Atlantic Coast Line (mineral load) - #ACL 82290

63120 Baltimore & Ohio 13 Great States #B&O 30405

63121 Baltimore & Ohio 13 Great States #B&O 30726

63124 Baltimore & Ohio 13 Great States #B&O 30219

63125 Baltimore & Ohio 13 Great States #B&O 30830

63127 Baltimore & Ohio 13 Great States #B&O 30058

63128 Baltimore & Ohio 13 Great States #B&O 30983

63130 Burlington - Way of the Zephyrs/ Everywhere West - #CB&Q 194287

63131 Burlington - Way of the Zephyrs/ Everywhere West - #CB&Q 194059

63134 Burlington - Way of the Zephyrs/ Everywhere West - #CB&Q 194932

63135 Burlington - Way of the Zephyrs/ Everywhere West - #CB&Q 194540

63137 Burlington - Way of the Zephyrs/ Everywhere West - #CB&Q 194763

63138 Burlington - Way of the Zephyrs/ Everywhere West - #CB&Q 194474

63140 Clinchfield - #CRR 48023; 63141 Clinchfield - #CRR 48472;

63144 Clinchfield - #CRR 48116; 63145 Clinchfield - #CRR 48384;

63147 Clinchfield - #CRR 48245; 63148 Clinchfield - #CRR 48097.

63150 Lehigh Valley - #LV 15755; 63151 Lehigh Valley - #LV 15811;

63154 Lehigh Valley - #LV 15789; 63155 Lehigh Valley - #LV 15802.

63160 Louisville & Nashville version 2 - #L&N 31597

63161 Louisville & Nashville version 2 - #L&N 31966

63164 Louisville & Nashville version 2 - #L&N 31721

63165 Louisville & Nashville version 2 - #L&N 31849

63170 Monon #MON 40237; 63171 Monon #MON 40102;

63174 Monon #MON 40085; 63175 Monon #MON 40161;

63177 Monon #MON 40048; 63178 Monon #MON 40210.

63180 Nickel Plate Road NYC&St.L black #NKP 30822

63181 Nickel Plate Road NYC&St.L black #NKP 30930

63184 Nickel Plate Road NYC&St.L black #NKP 31468

63185 Nickel Plate Road NYC&St.L black #NKP 31716

63190 Santa Fe GA-60 (sulfur load) #ATSF 180627

63191 Santa Fe GA-60 (sulfur load) #ATSF 180773

63194 Santa Fe GA-60 (sulfur load) #ATSF 180659

63195 Santa Fe GA-60 (sulfur load) #ATSF 180790

63197 Santa Fe GA-60 (sulfur load) #ATSF 180604

63198 Santa Fe GA-60 (sulfur load) #ATSF 180738

63200 Southern black transition era #104522

63201 Southern black transition era #105284

63204 Southern black transition era #105618

63205 Southern black transition era #104870

63210 Virginian #VGN 15520

63211 Virginian #VGN 15832

63214 Virginian #VGN 15479

63215 Virginian #VGN 15051

63217 Virginian #VGN 15903

63218 Virginian #VGN 15297

63220 Pennsylvania circle keystone #220853

63221 Pennsylvania circle keystone #221315

63224 Pennsylvania circle keystone #221234

63225 Pennsylvania circle keystone #221179

63227 Pennsylvania circle keystone #220982

63228 Pennsylvania circle keystone #221097