Description
This is Bluford Shops 73511 70T 3Bay Ofst Hpr RI. 70-ton offset-side 3-bay hopper with load single car, ready to run. Rock Island (boxcar red, large centered logo, Route of the Rockets slogan). In the years following the Second World War, Rock Island finally emerged from a long reorganization and began buying new equipment. 500 70-ton offset side hoppers arrived in this paint scheme from American Car & Foundry in 1949. Rock Island was unusual in that it completely straddled the imaginary line running from St. Louis through Kansas City to Denver. This line divides railroads of the Northern Plaines such as Milwaukee Road, CB&Q, C&NW and others, and railroads of the Southern Plaines such as Frisco, M-K-T, MoPac and Santa Fe. While some roads in one of these regions had tendrils into the other region (such as Santa Fe’s line to Chicago) the vast majority of their mileage remained on one side of the line. Rock Island was split more or less evenly over this border with extremeties linking Minneapolis and Sioux Falls to the north, Denver and Tucumcari to the west, Dallas and southern Louisianna to the south, and connections with the Eastern trunk lines in Memphis, St. Louis, Peoria, and Chicago.
Its key features are:
Ready-to-run
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
Slope sheet braces
Separately molded vertical brake rod and lever assembly (a first on an N scale open hopper!)
Body-mounted brake hose detail
Coal load
Body mounted magnetically operating couplers
Close coupling
Friction bearing or roller bearing trucks as appropriate for each road name
Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)
Manufacturer: Bluford Shops
Model Number: 73511
Road Name: St Louis San Francisco “Frisco” (SLSF)
MSRP: $21.79
Scale/Era: N Scale
Model Type: Freight Cars
The Trainz SKU for this item is P11955241.
Trainz Product Id: 11955241
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