Unlike HO scale, N scale rolling stock and locomotives rarely come outfitted with air hoses next to the coupler box. This is a nice detail to add and can easily be done on selected freight cars and locomotives.
BLMA and Precision Scale are two companies that make air hoses. Precision Scale makes brass air hoses and BLMA makes plastic air hoses. The air hoses can easily be added to freight cars and locomotives by attaching the air hose to the side of the coupler box with a pin head amount of CA cement in either a piece of rolling stock or a locomotive. The air hoses can also be glued yo the underside of the car frames adjacent to the coupler box.
I do prefer the Precision Scale brass air hoses as the BLMA plastic air hoses have a tendency to break if a car is accidentally derailed. The Precision Scale brass air hoses are much more expensive than the BLMA plastic air hoses, but they have more durability and rarely fail if a car is derailed.
Below is BLMA's line of plastic air hoses. They come in packages of 24 priced at approximately $4.75/package.
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| Photo # 1 BLMA Air Hose On On Diesel |
Below are some photo's of rolling stock of the JJJ&E that have BLMA air hoses added. The brass air hoses are more durable than the plastic air hoses. However if you mount the air hose correctly, the plastic air hoses are very serviceable.
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| Photo # 2 BLMA Air Hose Cemented Near Coupler Box On Forty Foot UP Boxcar |
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| Photo # 3 BLMA Air Hose On ATSF Boxcar |
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| Photo # 4 BLMA Air Hose On ATSF 40' Boxcar |
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