N Scale Bluford Shops PRR 30' 6" Hopper Single

Bluford Shops has four body styles for your N scale freight car fleet: 2-Bay Offset Side Hoppers, 2-Bay War Emergency Composite Hoppers, 2-Bay Rebuilt War Emergency Hoppers and 8-Panel 2-Bay Hoppers. These ready-to-run cars feature: 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; body mounted brake hose detail; load; body mounted magnetically operating knuckle couplers; close coupling; and Fox Valley Models metal wheels. A 2-bay hopper design with offset sides was first proposed in the 1920s and first appeared in the form seen here in 1934. The AAR adopted it as a standard design the following year. The offset design permitted greater interior capacity than a rib side car with the same outside dimensions. It was thought this more than made up for the car’s higher cost of construction. The last new 2-bay offset side hoppers were built in 1960. The story of these 2-Bay War Emergenc