Dec 2010 Announcements

Pre-Orders are now open. Due for delivery in Summer, 2011. All items are N scale.
First draft artwork shown, subject to improvement by Bluford's crack development team!

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 $65.37.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Norfolk & Western - Claytor scheme. In 1982, Norfolk & Western and Southern Railway formed a new holding company (called Norfolk Southern Corporation) to own both railroads. Shortly after, N&W adopted this paint scheme for freight cars. Dubbed the Claytor scheme after the head of the parent company, this would remain N&W’s standard freight car scheme until the adoption of the Norfolk Southern image for rolling stock several years later. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 86421 single car $29.85; 86422 2-Pack $59.70.

Conrail - medium logo. After a couple of years of experimenting with various lettering arrangements for their massive autoparts car fleet, around 1978, Conrail finally settled on this version featuring logo stencils that could be easily handled in the paint shop. Around the same time many cars, these included, were receiving U-1 inspection dots (seen to the right of the con-stencil.) Also during this period, many Conrail and Chessie 60 and 86 foot boxcars were undergoing inspections of their centerplates, resulting in another larger yellow inspection dot applied to the left of the road number. This dot included shop data for the centerplate inspection. This roadname will be available in 3 road numbers. 86431 single car $29.85; 86432 2-Pack $59.70.