June, 2009 Announcements...
We are now taking pre-orders on these N scale runs. See your dealer! Delivery is set for Autumn of '09. Projected MSRP: $24.95 for single cars, $49.90 for 2-packs.
Products bearing Union Pacific, Rio Grande, Chicago & North Western, Cotton Belt, Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific marks
are made under trademark license from Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Bluford Shops LLC products are not intended for anyone
under the age of 14.
86231 Detroit Toledo & Ironton - Magenta single car, 86232 2-pack.
86231 Detroit Toledo &Ironton - Magenta double door single car, 86232 2-pack.As you would expect, DT&I had a HUGE fleet of 86 ’ auto parts cars and in a variety of paint schemes. In addition to variations of Sky Blue and Cypress Green, DT&I had these Magenta cars. This particular group was built by Penn Central in their shops for the DT&I. DT&I was owned by a PC holding company at the time. Without a doubt, DT&I had the nation ’s most colorful freight car fleet, but these magenta monsters really take the cake.
87071 Penn Central single car, 87072 2-pack.
87071 Penn Central quad door single car, 87072 2-pack.Penn Central inherited their quad door car fleet from both New York Central and Pennsylvania. The combined PC fleet of 86 ’ boxcars was the largest in the nation, with Conrail inheriting the title after 1976. This group was assigned for loading at a Chevy plant in Flint, Michigan on the Grand Trunk Western for delivery to Chevy assembly lines across the country.
87081 Missouri Pacific "Screaming Eagle" single car, 87082 2-pack.
87081 Missouri Pacific “Screaming Eagle” quad door single car, 87082 2-pack.Missouri Pacific purchased 86 ’ boxcars under the auspices of MP, Texas &Pacific, and Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf subsidiaries, plus inheriting some from Chicago & Eastern Illinois. In the late 70s, as the Screaming Eagle logo began to supplant the old buzzsaw, MP was already changing the reporting marks of these subsidiary cars to MP. This paint scheme was being applied by the MoPac right up to the acquisition by Union Pacific in 1983.
Bluford Shops products are not intended for children under 14.