Bluford Shops N 74135 3-Bay Offset Side Hopper Pere Marquette 'Centered Number' #15064

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Bluford Shops N 74135 3-Bay Offset Side Hopper Pere Marquette 'Centered Number' #15064

Railroad Specific Information:

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.

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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