Bluford Shops N 74121 3-Bay Offset Side Hopper Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 'Cigar Band - NYC System Logo' P&LE #3265

Description

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Bluford Shops N 74121 3-Bay Offset Side Hopper Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 'Cigar Band - NYC System Logo' P&LE #3265

Railroad Specific Information:

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! 

Prototype Information:

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.

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