C&NW ex-Rock Island Covered Hoppers HO Limited Run

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PLEASE NOTE - SHIPPING CHARGES ! As of this listing, all merchandise sold by the Amarillo Railroad Museum will have shipping charges calculated after the sale. Ignore any and all e-Bay shipping calculations. They are wrong. We weigh each individual order and calculate shipping via USPS Priority Mail for both domestic and international orders. This change will save you money. We used to charge a fixed fee, but decided that an order-by-order basis was better for our customers. Thanks, and if you have any questions, please ask. Now on with the good stuff! The C&NW picked up over 1600 ex-Rock Island covered hoppers built by United States Railroad Equipment Supply, Pullman Standard, and Thrall. Of these, a little over 1000 were built by Pullman Standard and renumbered into three series;88,78, and85. A large number of these cars were quickly renumbered from their original Rock Island series and given a minimal paint job that consisted of marking out the original Rock Island markings with white paint, applying the new C&NW series numbers and a small C&NW herald. Many are still found today in this patchwork scheme. The extent of the patchwork varied among the cars, but it always presented a sharp contrast to the faded Rock Island blue background. Some were repainted in C&NW’s normal green color and some in yellow. The numbers we offer read more

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