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Not all items can be in stock at all
times.
Due to minimum order requirements and shipping charges we
"bunch" up re-orders to save you money.
(We reserve the right to correct errors and change
prices without prior notice.)
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Not all of the items below may be in stock or available but
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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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August 2010 Announcement #20
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Part
#: BS-87161 Rio Grande- Road #: TBA - Single - 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar |
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Rio Grande received these quad door cars from Pullman Standard in the Summer of 1966. They were initially assigned for loading at a GM plant on the Pennsylvania RR in Indianapolis. Rio Grande had no assembly plants on line, but since they served as a bridge route for traffic between plants, they joined the appropriate multi-railroad equipment pools. |
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#: BS-87162 Rio Grande - Road #s: TBA - 2-Pack – 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar
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July 2010 Announcement #19
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Part
#: BS-87151 Grand Trunk Western - Road #: TBA - Single - 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar |
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Grand Trunk Western received these quad door cars from Pullman Standard in the Summer of 1967 This was prior to their adoption of “The Good Track Road” motto adopted in response to the deterioration of key competitor Penn Central Initially, these cars were assigned for loading on the GTW in Flint, Michigan for delivery to GM assembly plants in other states via connections |
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#: BS-87152 Grand Trunk Western - Road #s: TBA - 2-Pack – 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar
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June 2010 Announcement #18
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No 8-Door Cars were released in the 18th Release
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May 2010 Announcement #17
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Part
#: BS-87131 – Rock Island – Single - 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar |
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Rock Island received these quad door cars in the Summer of 1966. Auto parts traffic on the Rock Island was fairly significant with bridge traffic in addition to assembly plants located on line. Most of the “Granger Railroads” kept largely to one side or the other of a border stretching from St. Louis to Kansas City and on to Denver. C&NW and MILW for instance were to the north of the line while M-K-T and Frisco were to the south. Rock Island was the only line to have more or less equal portions on both sides of this line. Going from Minneapolis to Dallas? Rock Island was your single-line option.
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#: BS-87132 – Rock Island – 2-Pack – 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar |
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Part
#: BS-87141 – Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) – Single - 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar |
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Baltimore & Ohio received a large batch of these cars from Greenville in 1969 and 1970. Unlike B&O’s earlier batches of quad door cars, these came with unpainted natural aluminum doors and a pair of capitol dome logos on each side (one in yellow and one in blue on a yellow disk.) B&O’s auto parts fleet was lopsided in favor of quad door cars, reflecting the predominance of General Motors traffic on the line. |
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#: BS-87142 – Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) – 2-Pack – 86ft Quad door Hi-Cube boxcar |
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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 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:28 PM |
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