Big Blue has inspired some purchases

[TMo]

This hopper may look familiar for one important reason - it was inspired by one of Charlie Bowyer's photos in his "Rail Cars and details of the late 70's", where he remarked that a former Reading hopper had been renumbered without reporting marks....  Since I had three of these hoppers, I thought I'd do one up...  New numbers courtesy a Conrail caboose decal set, added the Kartrak decal, added some rust to the body to mimic Charlie's photo.

Rail Cars and details of the late 1970's