Bluford Shops N 63114 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hopper with Mineral Load Atlantic Coast Line ACL #82053

Description

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Bluford Shops N 63114 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hopper with Mineral Load Atlantic Coast Line ACL #82053

Road-specific information:

Atlantic Coast Line took delivery of 700 of these hoppers from Bethlehem Steel in 1943. Unlike their sister road L&N, coal was not a big commodity for the ACL. Their hoppers were much more likely to be found carrying sand, gravel or various industrial and agricultural minerals. We are including 'mineral' loads with the four road numbers in this run.

Prototype Information:

Bluford Shops 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hoppers are based on cars used for coal and aggregates from WWII into the 1970s. At the direction of the War Production Board in hopes of saving as much steel as possible for the war effort, these composite, steel and wood, cars were built during the Second World War with wood siding and slope sheets. 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 2-Bay War-Emergency Composite Hopper N Scale replicas feature a 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 magnetic knuckle couplers with close coupling and Fox Valley Models metal wheels.

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