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Pullman
Standard 86’ Auto Parts Box Cars
Bluford Shops is proud to announce N scale Pullman Standard
86’ Auto Parts Box Cars in both Double and Quad Door
versions. These cars have injection molded plastic bodies,
etched metal details, operating knuckle couplers, accurately
appearing trucks and cushion draft gear enclosures.
These cars first appeared in the mid-60s and are still in
use today. Unlike general service freight cars, auto parts
boxes are assigned to pools based on a mileage formula and
often spend most of their time off home rails. In other words,
“foreign road” cars usually out-number home road
cars in a given parts train to the point that if you missed
the locomotives passing, you would have a hard time telling
whose train it was! That makes for colorful and interesting
trains that are fun to model.
Pre-Production Model
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photo to see large view
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Item Description
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Fourth
Release
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#: BS-86071 Denver & Rio
Grande Western (D&RGW) double door single car
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photo to see large view |
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run is a good example of how auto parts boxcars are
owned and routed. There are no assembly plants located
on the Rio Grande, however they are on the route from
midwestern plants and those on the west coast. Therefore,
within a multi-railroad pool of cars, Rio Grande contributed
a proportion of the fleet. Since these pools encompass
plants across the country, Rio Grande cars could circulate
between Ohio and Missouri for years for instance and
never ride the Rio Grande! |
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#: BS-86072 Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)
double door 2-pack |
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photo to see large view |
| This
run is a good example of how auto parts boxcars are
owned and routed. There are no assembly plants located
on the Rio Grande, however they are on the route from
midwestern plants and those on the west coast. Therefore,
within a multi-railroad pool of cars, Rio Grande contributed
a proportion of the fleet. Since these pools encompass
plants across the country, Rio Grande cars could circulate
between Ohio and Missouri for years for instance and
never ride the Rio Grande! |
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#: BS-86081 (DTI) Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
double door single car |
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photo to see large view |
| Detroit
Toledo & Ironton, as the name implies, serves the
heart of America's auto industry. In fact, at one time
the railroad was owned by Henry Ford. DT&I's massive
fleet was also one of the most colorful with cars painted
blue, green, and even magenta. We're starting with a
trio of the striking sky blue cars. |
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Part
#: BS-86082 (DTI) Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
double door 2-pack
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photo to see large view |
| Detroit
Toledo & Ironton, as the name implies, serves the
heart of America's auto industry. In fact, at one time
the railroad was owned by Henry Ford. DT&I's massive
fleet was also one of the most colorful with cars painted
blue, green, and even magenta. We're starting with a
trio of the striking sky blue cars. |
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#: BS-86091 Conrail (CR) - Early, Hasty Repaint
double door single car |
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| Conrail
inherited its (and in fact the largest) fleet of auto
parts boxcars from predecessors Penn Central and Erie
Lackawanna. A number of these cars were hastily repainted
shortly after the merger with early, often temporary,
sets of stencils. CR 293357 was one of these. This car
also received a replacement door during servicing that
had been painted a different brown from the body of
the car. |
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#: BS-86051 Chicago & North Western (CNW)
- double door single car |
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photo to see large view |
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had a significant fleet of auto parts cars. In later
years, many were also used to haul breakfast cereal!
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Part
#: BS-86052 Chicago & North
Western (CNW) - double- door 2-pack
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| C&NW
had a significant fleet of auto parts cars. In later
years, many were also used to haul breakfast cereal!
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#: BS-86061 Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
- double -door single car |
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photo to see large view |
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| Although
largely associated with coal, C&O had a large network
of lines in Michigan acquired with the Pere Marquette
Railway in the 1940s. |
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Part
#: BS-86062 Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) -
double -door
2-pack.
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photo to see large view |
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| Although
largely associated with coal, C&O had a large network
of lines in Michigan acquired with the Pere Marquette
Railway in the 1940s. |
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Second
Release
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#: BS-86031 Norfolk Southern (SOU) - double
door single car |
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years following the 1982 merger of N&W and Southern,
Norfolk Southern continued to use NW and SOU reporting
marks, even on newly created number series and new cars. |
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Part
#: BS-86032 Norfolk Southern (SOU) - double-
door 2-pack
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large view |
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years following the 1982 merger of N&W and Southern,
Norfolk Southern continued to use NW and SOU reporting
marks, even on newly created number series and new cars. |
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Part
#: BS-86041 Santa Fe (ATSF) - double door single
car
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large view |
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the mid 70s, Santa Fe settled on this paint scheme for
its 86 footers as they came due for repainting. |
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Part
#: BS- 86042 Santa Fe (ATSF) - double door 2-pack
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large view |
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the mid 70s, Santa Fe settled on this paint scheme for
its 86 footers as they came due for repainting. |
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First
Release
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Part
#: BS-86011 Conrail Quality (CR) - double
door single car
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photo to see
large view
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| Conrail
had the largest fleet of auto parts cars. These cars
which still carry CR numbers now work for NS. |
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#: BS-86012 Conrail Quality (CR) - double door
2-pack |
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photo to see large view
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| Conrail
had the largest fleet of auto parts cars. These cars
which still carry CR numbers now work for NS. |
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Part
#: BS-86021 (DTI) Grand Trunk Western - double
door single car
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photo to see large view
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| After
GTW acquired Detroit Toledo & Ironton in 1983 cars
like this with the GT-”the Good Track road”
logo but without the name spelled out appeared, still
with DTI reporting marks. |
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Item Description
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Stock Checks:
Inventory is a fluid commodity. It changes by the
hour (sometimes by the minute). To retain our pricing structure
we maintain stock levels designed to turnover 6 times each
year. We cannot guarantee stock status till we have an order
in hand. All product is subject to prior sale. If we confirm
that we have it, and, while we are waiting for the order
it sells, you would be upset that we did not hold it.
We used to hold items but learned a VERY EXPENSIVE lesson.
When we held items for customers’ orders, the order
never materialized 80%+ of the time. We lost out on
the orders placed while the item was on hold. Also
we wasted staff time that could have been used to pull actual
orders.
Since we are well known for finding older stock the fact
that it may not be on our shelves at this minute does not
mean we can’t get it. So, as we spell out on our terms
pages, we don’t do it anymore. You may, however, call in and we will tell you if the items
are available and if possible attempt to locate what we
don’t have while you are on the phone. |
| Last Update by: GJC |
| Friday, July 5, 2019 1:51 PM |
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