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GLa 2 Bay Hopper Cars
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All
photos courtesy of Bowser Mfg and are of HO Scale
Models.
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Model: There
are 12 (or 3) unique road #'s available for each paint
scheme.
They are fully assembled and include the correct
style truck and AccuMate® style
couplers. Cars
come complete with coal loads! Underframes
are painted to match car body. First Run due in November.
Watch for more roads and paint schemes to be announced
shortly. This is a great unit train coal car for the
steam, transition and early diesel era! |
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- New Road #'s: Each paint scheme is
offered in 12 (or 3) unique road #'s. When
the initial run is sold
out, these #'s will be retired and the car will be
re-issued
in new #'s. |
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Prototype: In
1898, Pressed Steel Car Co. built the first
all-steel hopper car designated the GL. The
Pennsylvania Railroad would purchase several
thousand of this design. Due to production
backlogs at P.S.C.Co. and flaws in the initial
design, the Penny came up with its own all-steel,
bottom-discharge hopper car in 1904 designated
the GLa. Approximately 30,000 GLa’s were
produced between 1904 and 1920. The Pennsy
also built Gla’s for numerous coal companies
who were anxious for the well-built and reasonably
priced cars. Until the 1960’s, this design
was one of the three most numerous classes
of PRR freight cars. Although by this time,
these cars began to rapidly disappear from
the PRR roster, a few made it into the Penn
Central and even Conrail rosters, lasting into
the early 1980’s. |
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BLW
will offer additional unique road #'s -- 3 Pack Sets
on Buffalo Creek & Gauley, Lehigh Valley and New
Haven. Please reserve now. |
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Description
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We
are offering 3 unique / BLW exclusive road #'s for
this road name.
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We
are offering 3 unique / BLW exclusive road #'s for
this road name. |
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Lehigh Valley GLa Hopper
3 Pack Set
ITEM
# BLW-37623S -BLW Exclusive
3 Additional Rd #'s |
$29.25
LIST:
$41.85
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We
are offering
6 unique road #'s on the NH black version of this car.
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Bowser
offers this New Haven car in an oxide red version, see item
BO-37625 below. BLW also had a special run of the oxide
red version in 3 additional unique road #'s, now sold out/discontinued.
We are very pleased to now offer exclusively for the 1st time
in N scale, this car in the more common black version as is
illustrated above. This car is available in 6 unique road #'s
(single cars are taken from the 6 pack) ... quantities are
limited and we expect this to sell out quickly. Cars are
in stock
and
ready
for
immediate
shipment. |
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We
are offering 3 unique / BLW exclusive road #'s
for this road name.
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BLW
Exclusive Rd #'s: 158002, 158034, 158235
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Pennsylvania Circle
Keystone GLa
ITEM
# BO-37601 - 3 unique
road #'s available! |
$9.85
LIST:
$13.95
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Pennsylvania Circle
Keystone GLa
ITEM
# BLW-37601S - BLW Exclusive
- 3 Unique Rd #'s |
$29.25
LIST:
$41.85
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Pennsylvania Circle
Keystone GLa
ITEM
# BO-37601-12-4 - Set
of 12 / 4th Series of Rd #'s |
$117.95
LIST:
$167.40
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