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Hopper car ideas - ERIE RR - 08-14-2014
Out of curiosity wonder how these would look as a Hopper cars..
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ERIE RR
Re: Hopper car ideas - nachoman - 08-14-2014
Maybe as some kind of custom built ballast cars: Here's the closest thing to that I have seen as a prototype:
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Re: Hopper car ideas - Sumpter250 - 08-14-2014
Far better than "Hopper Cars", just modify a set of 20' containers, and put a pair of them on a "container flat".
better do it quickly, I'll bet Walthers is already developing the molds to manufacture these. 
Re: Hopper car ideas - ERIE RR - 08-15-2014
ERIE RR
Re: Hopper car ideas - Sumpter250 - 08-15-2014
Now THAT, is an interesting bit of Hardware ! :o
I had a different perception of what you meant by, "Hopper Car Ideas", than that.
Re: Hopper car ideas - ERIE RR - 08-15-2014
Sumpter250,
Were you thinking of these ... the ORTNER series hopper cars?
ERIE RR aka Tom
Re: Hopper car ideas - ERIE RR - 08-15-2014
Were you thinking of these ... the ORTNER series hopper cars?
ERIE RR aka Tom