Bluford Shops N Scale 66021 2-Bay Offset-Side Hopper with Load Baltimore & Ohio B&O

This all new 2-Bay Offset Side hopper from Bluford Shops features a die cast slope sheet-hopper bay-center sill assembly; injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors; fully molded brake tank, valve and air lines; body mounted brake hose detail; load; body mounted magnetically operating knuckle couplers; and Fox Valley Models metal wheel. Each road name will be available in multiple road numbers.


A 2-bay hopper design with offset sides was first proposed in the 1920s and first appeared in the form seen here in 1934. The AAR adopted it as a standard design the following year. The offset design permitted greater interior capacity than a rib side car with the same outside dimensions. It was thought this more than made up for the car’s higher cost of construction. The last new 2-bay offset side hoppers were built in 1960.


Available in multiple road numbers. For instance, order a single, a 2-pack and a 3-pack to get all six road numbers on a run. Baltimore & Ohio had more than 21,000 of these hoppers acquired over a 20 year span. That’s enough to make a train 140 miles long! This group was built in 1956 and ’57 at B&O’s shops in DuBois, Pennsylvania.