Hopper car ideas
#1
Out of curiosity wonder how these would look as a Hopper cars..

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#2
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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#3
Far better than "Hopper Cars", just modify a set of 20' containers, and put a pair of them on a "container flat".
Icon_twisted better do it quickly, I'll bet Walthers is already developing the molds to manufacture these. Wink Wink Big Grin
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    After looking at the photos in the sites I mentioned, I found this photo which was taken on the ARCADE and ATTICA Railroad.


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#5
Now THAT, is an interesting bit of Hardware ! :o
I had a different perception of what you meant by, "Hopper Car Ideas", than that.
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#6
Sumpter250,

Were you thinking of these ... the ORTNER series hopper cars?

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#7
    Sumpter250,

Were you thinking of these ... the ORTNER series hopper cars?

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