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Bluford Shops - NSE BLU 15-05 - Open Hopper, 3-Bay, 70 Ton Offset - Carbon County - 7000

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Commissioned ByN Scale Enthusiast
Production TypeSpecial Run
Stock NumberNSE BLU 15-05
BrandBluford Shops
ManufacturerBluford
Body StyleBluford Open Hopper 3-Bay 70 Ton Offset Side
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Prototype VehicleOpen Hopper, 3-Bay, 70 Ton Offset (Details)
Road or Company NameCarbon County (Details)
Road or Reporting Number7000
Paint Color(s)Red, White and Blue
Paint SchemeBicentennial
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Wheel TypePlastic Wheels With Steel Axle
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Multipack ID NumberNSE BLU 15-07
Release Date2015-01-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeOpen Hopper
Model Subtype3-Bay
Model Variety70 Ton Offset Side
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era II: Late Steam (1901 - 1938)
Scale1/160
Track GaugeN standard



Prototype History:
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 being delivered from a number of builders in large quantities to railroads across the country. The last of these cars were delivered in the mid-'60s and many remained in service through the 80s.
Road Name History:
The CBC was built in 1923 by Utah Coal & Coke Company (much later, part of US Steel) to link a large coal mine to Rio Grande’s Sunnyside Branch in Utah, about 5 miles away. For at least the first decade, the CBC was operated as part of the Rio Grande under contract. In 1946, the CBC was extended 6 miles to reach the Geneva Mine. In the diesel era, a daily train of up to 45 cars would run up to the mine, load and return. The 70 ton offset side hoppers in the CBC fleet were hand-me-downs from US Steel sibling Bessemer & Lake Erie. The mine and railroad both closed in 1982.
Brand/Importer Information:
Bluford Shops began in 2007 as a side project of two model railroad industry veterans, Craig Ross and Steve Rodgers. They saw a gap between road names available on N scale locomotives but not available on cabooses. They commissioned special runs of Atlas cabooses in Atlantic Coast Line, Central of Georgia, Monon, Boston & Maine and Southern plus runs on Grand Trunk Western and Central Vermont on the MDC wooden cabooses. While these were in process, they began to develop their first all new tooling project, 86' Auto Parts Boxcars in double door and quad door editions in N scale. By January of 2008, Bluford Shops became a full time venture. Along with additional N scale freight cars and their own tooling for new cabooses, they have brought their own caboose line to HO scale. They also have their popular Cornfields in both HO and N. The future looks bright as they continue to develop new products for your railroad.

The town of Bluford in southern Illinois featured a small yard on Illinois Central's Edgewood Cutoff (currently part of CN.) The yard included a roundhouse, concrete coaling tower (which still stands) and large ice house. Reefer trains running between the Gulf Coast and Chicago were re-iced in Bluford. Things are more quiet now in Bluford with the remaining tracks in the yard used to stage hoppers for mines to the south and store covered hoppers. Intersecting the IC line in Bluford is Southern Railway's (currently NS) line between Louisville and St. Louis. Traffic on this single track line remains relatively heavy.
Commissioner Information: The N Scale Enthusiast Society (previously known as The N Scale Collector until 2011) was established by Wick Brandon, as a sole proprietorship and was a stand alone company until Wick passed away in 2000. The company has been owned by Micro Trains Line since then.

Wick was the founder of TexNRails and he established NSE right after he sold the pioneering N Scale retailer to the Herz family, and the store moved to Florida. Wick and Lea moved their family from Texas to Bakersfield California, and the entire operation was run from his home in Bakersfield. George Johnsen, the current Chairman, came on board as Associate Editor starting with the third issue of the magazine, and the growth of the organization hasn’t stopped. Wick and George did the first convention in Medford in 1993, and added staff and advisors as the organization grew. Wick held the first auction for the NSE in 1995.

The NSE mission statement reads: “This organization is dedicated to the preservation of the history of N Scale Model Railroading, and the railroads they represent.”

They do:
- Special Run Cars
- Regular Auctions of "collectable" Cars
- Annual Conventions
- Bi-Monthly Magazine
Item created by: gdm on 2016-07-27 10:32:23. Last edited by gdm on 2019-09-08 08:24:21

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