Past 14-Panel Hoppers

New York Central picked up 7,000 of these 14-Panel hoppers (a design NYC developed) from several builders including their own shops between ‘56 and the early '60s. 14021 New York Central 14-Panel single; 14023 NYC 3-Pack; 14026 NYC 6-Pack; 14020 NYC 10-Pack.

Burlington Northern inherited these 14-Panel cars from Great Northern. They continued in service at least through the 1990s. 14011 Burlington Northern 14-Panel single; 14013 3-Pack; 14016 6-Pack;
14010 10-Pack

Chessie picked up over a thousand of these 14-Panel cars second hand from Helm beginning in 1985. 14051 C&O Chessie System 14-Panel single; 14052 C&O Chessie 2-Pack; 14053 C&O Chessie 3-Pack;
14056 C&O Chessie 6-Pack

Rio Grande was an early adopter of the NYC design of 14-Panel rib side hoppers with this first batch coming from Bethlehem in 1957. More came the following year. 14041 D&RGW 14-Panel single; 14043 D&RGW 3-Pack; 14046 D&RGW 6-Pack; 14040 D&RGW 10-Pack

Western Railway of Alabama and sister roads Atlanta & West Point and Georgia Railroad formed a 550 mile system linking Augusta and Macon with Atlanta, Georgia and west to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. All were jointly controlled by L&N and ACL/SCL and as such were part of The Family Lines in the 1970s.These cars were delivered in the mid-60s and were still in service when WofA was rolled into Seaboard System followed by CSX a few years later. 14031 WofA 14-Panel single; 14032 WofA 2-Pack; 14033 WofA 3-Pack.

Santa Fe began taking delivery of these 14-Panel hoppers in 1964 and eventually built up a fleet of 800 cars. In addition to coal generated in New Mexico and other pockets around the system, Santa Fe also used these hoppers for various aggregates and minerals as well as coke. These cars had roller bearing trucks. 14061 Santa Fe single; 14062 2-Pack; 14063 3-Pack; 14066 6-Pack.

Delaware & Hudson began acquiring these 14-Panel 70 ton cars in 1958. They were used for coal and ilmenite service for many years. In fact during D&H’s big expansion (the result of trackage rights granted by the newly created Conrail) the line picked up more of these cars to serve the expanded system. 14071 Delaware & Hudson single; 14072 2-Pack, 14073 3-Pack.

Bethlehem Steel built 500 of these cars for Western Maryland in the Spring of 1958. The cars were delivered with roller bearing trucks which was still somewhat novel in 1958. As a result, a yellow circle with the letter R was painted next to the road number to alert crews and agents to this feature. The WM was a major originator of coal traffic with hoppers of various designs making up more than half of WM ’s 14,000+ car fleet. B&O officially took control of the WM in 1967. In 1973, WM adopted the Chessie image. 14081 single car $21.79; 14082 2-Pack $43.58; 14083 3-Pack $65.37.

Clinchfield received 800 of these cars from ACF in the Spring of 1964. Clinchfield ran down the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains from a connection with the C&O in eastern Kentucky, through the western end of Virginia, eastern end of Tennessee, western end of North Carolina and finally to Spartanburg, South Carolina. Clinchfield originated HUGE volumes of coal on the northern third of the line. This traffic included metalurgical coal bound for mills in the Upper Midwest, steam coal (for generating electricity and running industrial machinery) for the Midwest and the southern states, and export coal bound for ocean terminals all via Clinchfield ’s many connections. CRR had been jointly controlled by Atlantic Coast Line (later SCL) and Louisville & Nashville for decades and would ultimately join them in Seaboard System and CSX. 14091 single car $21.79; 14092 2-Pack $43.58; 14093 3-Pack $65.37; 14096 6-Pack $130.74.

Conrail inherited their 14-Panel Hopper fleet from New York Central (and subsidiary Boston &Albany) by way of Penn Central and the very similar (all riveted) cars from Erie Lackawanna. New York Central was of course the creative force behind this design two decades before the Conrail consolidation. 14101 single car $21.79; 14102 2-Pack $43.58; 14103 3-Pack $65.37; 14106 6-Pack $130.74.

Detroit Toledo & Ironton picked up 320 of these 14-Panel Rib Side hoppers from Greenville Steel Car between 1959 and 1960. DT&I linked Detroit with the Ohio River at Ironton, Ohio. This put DT&I in position to move coal from river barges to heavy industry in northern Ohio and Michigan as well as other midwestern points via connections. This roadname will be available in 12 road numbers. 14121 single car $21.79; 14122 2-Pack $43.58; 14123 3-Pack $65.37; 14126 6-Pack $130.74.

Great Northern picked up a number of these 14- Panel 70 ton rib side hopper cars second hand from Detroit Toledo & Ironton (by way of US Railway Equipment.) GN already rostered 400 very similar hoppers built by Pullman Standard. This roadname will be available in 12 road umbers. 14111 single car $21.79; 14112 2-Pack $43.58; 14113 3-Pack $65.37; 14116 6-Pack $130.74.