First road names announced on new Bluford hopper tooling!

[jmlaboda]

We're still looking for pics of these cars in original TA&G colors.

This might help, just a little...

http://trainweb.org/tagrailway/rstock/tag6023.jpg

[chessie system fan]

This is the most exciting release for me this year.  You could easily do foob ACL/SCL and NYC cars with this tooling too.

Any chance of peaked ends someday? 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I like the more modern versions too. There's something fun about "old" stuff like this being pulled by things like SD40-2s.

Can I ask what year your reference photos were from for the P&S and PDSX cars?
If they're good for the late 70s, I might pick some up.

[Mark5]

Crap!  Guess I'll need to pick up a Clinchfield and SOUTHERN ...

Used to see (60s/70s) a string of Clinchfield cars fairly regularly on the N&W Pokey and once in a while a Southern/Interstate string ...

Mark

[Bluford Craig]

First of all, thanks to Jerry for posting the picture of the TA&G cars. They look like they're the same blue as their locomotives!

Second, yes Aaron, we will do peaked ends once we clear a few other projects out of the way.

Ed, The P&S and PDSX photos were undated, but in both cases the cars had U-1 dots that puts them at least in 1978 and the dots were weathered so likely several years beyond. The con-stencils are the 1974 to 1982 style. We left off the U-1 dots to back date them a bit.

Craig
Bluford Shops

[Ed Kapuscinski]

First of all, thanks to Jerry for posting the picture of the TA&G cars. They look like they're the same blue as their locomotives!

Second, yes Aaron, we will do peaked ends once we clear a few other projects out of the way.

Ed, The P&S and PDSX photos were undated, but in both cases the cars had U-1 dots that puts them at least in 1978 and the dots were weathered so likely several years beyond. The con-stencils are the 1974 to 1982 style. We left off the U-1 dots to back date them a bit.

Craig
Bluford Shops

Nice! A few might now make their way to my collection.

Thanks for the info!

[Missaberoad]

Here's some photo's of the P&S cars

10/1973 - http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1299555
09/1978 - http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ps/ps8674cba.jpg
04/1979 - http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=778084
07/1982 - http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ps/ps8513agd.jpg

Couldn't find any photos of the Penn-Dixie cars but I did find a couple references to them being used on the Clinchfield between their quarry at Speers Ferry, VA to the Penn Dixie Cement Plant in Kingsport, TN.

I did find this Clinchfield Employee time table that references these cars on page 7 (p9 of the PDF).

http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CRR/CRR%20ETT%20%232%2011-1-1981.pdf

Under: Speed Restricted Equipment:
"Penn-Dixie cement rock cars PDSX 400-408, 501-515, 701-754 twenty-five (25) M.P.H."

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Oh yes. This might work out quite well.

[Doug W]

The 8-Panel 2-Bay hoppers have arrived at MBK and they're selling fast!

I've bagged 26.

Doug

 

[OldEastRR]

This is a very good year for New Haven modelers.

I think you include last year, with the Rapido stuff. But with these hoppers, Bryan,  you won't have to chop up those Atlas PS 3-bays to make 2 bays. And prepainted!