08-30-2010, 08:26 PM
I found about 4 that I had as a kid, and thought I would one day fix them up as a "just for the hell of it" project. I also tried researching the prototype, and discovered they are ARA 70-ton offset quad hoppers built in the late 1920s. I think B&O had a large fleet, but other railroads had them as well.
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