70 ton 3-Bay Offset Side Hoppers first appeared in the late '20s and by the late '30s had become an AAR standard design with cars
delivered from a number of builders in large quantities. The last of these cars were delivered in the late-'60s and many remained
in service through the '80s.
These ready-to-run models feature: diecast slope sheet-hopper bay-center sill assembly; injection molded plastic sides, ends, and hopper doors; fully molded brake tank, valve and air lines; slope sheet braces; separately molded vertical brake rod and lever assembly; body mounted brake hose detail; “coal” load except as noted; body mounted magnetically operating couplers; close coupling; friction bearing or roller bearing trucks as appropriate for each road name. All road names are produced in multiple road numbers. MSRP $32.95 each. Pre-Orders are closed on items shown in RED.
Santa Fe received this group of hoppers equipped with 70-ton roller bearing trucks from Greenville Steel Car in 1960. Santa Fe had
a respectible trade in hauling coal but these hoppers could also be found hauling coke, unprocessed clay, copper concentrate, ballast,
scrap tinplate, slag and stone. These cars will be available in 6 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74020 Santa Fe Ga-121 class #ATSF
78372
74021 Santa Fe Ga-121 class #ATSF 78390
74024 Santa Fe Ga-121 class #ATSF 78407
74025 Santa Fe Ga-121 class
#ATSF 78314
74027 Santa Fe Ga-121 class #ATSF 78338
74028 Santa Fe Ga-121 class #ATSF 78443
Chicago & North Western inherited this group of hoppers with their 1968 acquisition of Chicago Great Western. By the mid-70s
they were receiving this paint scheme with the large “Employee Owned” version of the C&NW ball and bar logo and re-equipped with
roller bearing trucks. The CGW reporting marks were retained. This was not unusual because changing a car’s number could require amending
equipment trusts and/or lease agreements. These cars will available in 4 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74060 Chicago & North
Western - CGW #CGW 6088
74061 Chicago & North Western - CGW #CGW 6074
74064 Chicago & North Western
- CGW #CGW 6010
74065 Chicago & North Western - CGW #CGW 6056
Canadian National adopted the 12” billboard lettering for hopper cars in 1958. Then in 1965, this group of cars was renumbered into
the 320000 series, often without a full repaint. Two years later, they began to receive their ACI tags. It is at this stage that we
present these CN cars in 6 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74030 Canadian National 12" billboard #CN 324497
74031 Canadian National
12" billboard #CN 324736
74034 Canadian National 12" billboard #CN 324551
74035 Canadian National 12" billboard #CN 324583
74037 Canadian National 12" billboard #CN 324609
74038 Canadian National 12" billboard #CN 324720
This is the second version of Baltimore & Ohio’s billboard lettering for hoppers. It replaced the first version (in which the
& was the same size as the B and O) in 1956. In later versions, B&O would elimate the horizonal lines above and below the
road number. This run will be available in 6 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74040 Baltimore & Ohio billboard Version 2 #B&O
734656
74041 Baltimore & Ohio billboard Version 2 #B&O 735372
74044 Baltimore & Ohio billboard Version 2 #B&O
734043
74045 Baltimore & Ohio billboard Version 2 #B&O 735815
74047 Baltimore & Ohio billboard
Version 2 #B&O 735990
74048 Baltimore & Ohio billboard Version 2 #B&O 734201
Chicago Burlington & Quincy built this group of 3 bay offset side hoppers in their own Havelock, Nebraska shops in 1951. Although
they were delivered in mineral red paint, these cars began to receive this Chinese-Red scheme in 1958. Below the rectangular logo,
it says “Way of the Zephyrs” on one side of the car and “Everywhere West” on the other. These cars will be available in 6 road numbers.
$32.95 each.
74050 Burlington-Chinese Red #CB&Q 170928
74051 Burlington-Chinese Red #CB&Q 170842
74054 Burlington-Chinese
Red #CB&Q 170606
74055 Burlington-Chinese Red #CB&Q 170817
74057 Burlington-Chinese Red #CB&Q 170594
74058 Burlington-Chinese Red #CB&Q 170765
Illinois Central was one of the last two railroads to take delivery of offset side hoppers. This group entered service in 1967, not
long after IC adopted their new image featuring the “split rail” logo. The left half of the logo forms the letter i while the right
half forms the letter c. The design was probably too subtle as few people made the connection on their own. This paint scheme will
be available in 6 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74070 Illinois Central split rail #IC 67205
74071 Illinois Central split rail #IC 67166
74074 Illinois Central split rail #IC
67228
74075 Illinois Central split rail #IC 67132
74077 Illinois Central split rail #IC 67297
74078 Illinois Central split rail #IC 67141
In 1966 Kansas City Southern began to paint their locomotives and some classes of freight cars white. Surprisingly, these hoppers
were included. In addition to coal and coke (as depicted in this run) KCS used these hoppers to move sand, gravel, crushed rock (note
the load level line across the middle of the car) and even wood chips when they were running short on higher capacity hoppers. Eagle-eyed
KCS fans will notice the lettering style of reporting marks and road numbers vary from our recently released KCS white wood chip hoppers.
Both are correct. KCS’s stencil designs wandered quite a bit particularly in the early white paint era. 6 road numbers will be available
in this road name. $32.95 each.
74080 Kansas City Southern white #KCS 6853
74081 Kansas City Southern white #KCS 6802
74084 Kansas City Southern white #KCS 6830
74085 Kansas City Southern white #KCS 6867
74087 Kansas City Southern white #KCS
6829
74088 Kansas City Southern white #KCS 6874
This Missouri Pacific paint scheme with the centered buzzsaw logo was the last MP scheme applied to this style of hopper beginning
in 1972. In addition to the MP fleet, cars from their subsidiary Missouri-Illinois Railroad also received this paint scheme but with
MI reporting marks. Missouri Pacific bought control of the MI in 1929 but did not merge them until 1978. For this run, we are including
3 MP road numbers and 3 MI road numbers. $32.95 each.
74090 Missouri Pacific center logo #MP 537590
74091 Missouri Pacific
center logo #MP 537376
74094 Missouri Pacific center logo #MP 537422
74095 Missouri Pacific (Missouri-Illinois) center logo
#MI 536234
74097 Missouri Pacific (Missouri-Illinois) center logo
#MI 536269
74098 Missouri Pacific (Missouri-Illinois) center logo
#MI 536207
These Ontario Northland cars feature the “Canadian Style” hopper arrangement with the center hopper bays facing the brake wheel end
instead of the “A” end of the car. This style was only used on Canadian roads but was not universally applied (the CN cars in this
batch do NOT have the reversed center bays for instance.) Coal was not a big commodity on the ONT but metallic ores were. This group
of 6 road numbers includes “nickel ore” loads. $32.95 each.
74100 Ontario Northland Version 2 #ONT 140107
74101 Ontario
Northland Version 2 #ONT 140159
74104 Ontario Northland Version 2 #ONT 140140
74105 Ontario Northland Version 2 #ONT 140173
74107 Ontario Northland Version 2 #ONT 140118
74108 Ontario Northland Version 2 #ONT 140131
Around 1957, Ontario Northland found themselves with a temporary glut of hoppers. ONT made an arrangement with Chesapeake & Ohio
and these 3-bay offset side hoppers were sent south to move coal on the C&O. They were not renumbered so to prevent C&O agents
from routing the empty cars back to Canada, they received what must be the largest routing instructions ever applied to car sides:TIDE COAL ONLY. WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO HANDLEY FROM THE WEST OR THURMOND FROM THE EAST, C&O RWY. MUST NOT BE LOADED TO OR
MOVED TO CANADA. The cars were eventually returned to ONT, and could be found in the mid-60s assigned to the Dane, Ontario iron ore
pool and sporting a new paint job. This run will be available in 6 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74110 Ontario Northland C&O
service #ONT 140162
74111 Ontario Northland C&O service #ONT 140133
74114 Ontario Northland C&O service #ONT 140120
74115 Ontario Northland C&O service #ONT 140165
74117 Ontario Northland C&O service #ONT 140106
74118 Ontario Northland
C&O service #ONT 140124
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie was slow to adopt parent New York Central’s cigar band logo but a version of it began to appear on these
hoppers circa 1962. Called the Little Giant, P&LE was just 233 miles long but was so busy they required a fleet of 25,000 freight
cars to keep their customers supplied. That’s an astonishing 107 cars for every mile of mainline! This run will be available in 6
road numbers. $32.95 each.
74120 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie cigar band #P&LE 3989
74121 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
cigar band #P&LE 3265
74124 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie cigar band #P&LE 3542
74125 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
cigar band #P&LE 3033
74127 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie cigar band #P&LE 3107
74128 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
cigar band #P&LE 3778
The 2,200 mile Pere Marquette blanketed Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, connecting it with Chicago, Toledo, and cutting across Ontario
to reach Buffalo, New York. They found themselves in a fine position to serve the growing automobile industry. Control of the PM was
acquired by the Van Sweringen brothers who also controlled C&O, Nickel Plate, Erie and Wheeling & Lake Erie. In 1947, the
PM became the Pere Marquette District of the Chesapeake & Ohio. This version with the road name and number centered on the car
side will be available in 4 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74130 Pere Marquette centered number #15202
74131 Pere Marquette
centered number #15051
74134 Pere Marquette centered number #15189
74135 Pere Marquette centered number #15064
This was the last paint scheme applied by Seaboard Air Line to their 3 bay offset side hoppers prior to their 1967 merger with Atlantic
Coast Line. The ACI tags and con-stencils were in place by 1974. SAL and successor Seaboard Coast Line used their hoppers primarily
for sand, gravel and industrial minerals so we are including “mineral” loads for the 6 road numbers in this release. $32.95 each.
74140 Seaboard Air Line post-'74 #SAL 38670
74141 Seaboard Air Line post-'74 #SAL 39256
74144 Seaboard Air Line post-'74 #SAL
38918
74145 Seaboard Air Line post-'74 #SAL 39591
74147 Seaboard Air Line post-'74 #SAL 38747
74148 Seaboard Air
Line post-'74 #SAL 39024
Southern Pacific ordered these hoppers on behalf of their subsidiary Texas & New Orleans in 1953 from Bethlehem Steel. SP’s adoption of heavy gothic billboard lettering was still a few years away. These cars were used for coal and coke (as presented here,) limestone, aggregate, sulfur and in later years unprocessed salt. This paint scheme will be available in 6 road numbers. $32.95 each.
74150 Southern Pacific T&NO Roman billboard #T&NO 4894
74151 Southern Pacific T&NO Roman billboard #T&NO 4728
74154 Southern Pacific T&NO Roman billboard #T&NO 4509
74155 Southern Pacific T&NO Roman billboard #T&NO 4946
74157 Southern Pacific T&NO Roman billboard #T&NO 4455
74158 Southern Pacific T&NO Roman billboard #T&NO 4670