top of offset-side hopper cars. Features of the triple-bay cars
include removable loads and knuckle couplers. Cars with rib-
side extensions will be available decorated for CP Rail; Illinois
Central, Grand Trunk Western (wet noodle scheme); and
Ashley, Drew & Northern. Wood chip cars with flat extensions
will be available for Seaboard Air Line, SL-SF Frisco, Gulf &
Mississippi, and Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad. The ready-
to-run cars are priced at $24.79 each. They are also available in
2-packs at $49.58 or 3-packs at $74.37.
Coming from Bluford Shops late this summer is a new group
of 14-panel triple-bay hopper cars that replicate a prototype
built by Greenville. Road names will be Pittsburg & Shawmut,
Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Clinchfield Railroad. The
ready-to-run cars are priced at $21.79 each. They are also avail-
able in 2-packs at $43.58 or 3-packs at $65.37.
Deluxe Innovations
has scheduled
a third release of its
popular 1944 AAR
40' boxcar decorated
for ATSF. The model
is equipped with a
running board and
displays “El Capitan”
on one side and a
straight-line Santa Fe system map on the opposite side. The
ATSF cars have an MSRP of $24.95 each. They are also avail-
able in a 2-pack at $49.90 and in a 3-pack at $74.85.
A Baltimore & Ohio class B-19 version of the N scale ready to
run model will also be available. It lacks a running board and