I'm surprised at the road names that Walthers is offering for their "new" USRA hopper.
NYCentral is absent; I always thought that this car and it's clones were very common on that railroad.
According to "Common Northeastern Open top Hopper Cars" PRR only had a few of these among many, many 2 bay hoppers (some of which are accurately available from Bowser) and N&W and WM didn't have any. Stewart offered both of the WM cars and a legitimate peaked end version of the N&W fish belly side hopper.
It looks like Walthers is offering what they think will sell, rather than what's correct prototype.
I guess what they say about NYC modelers is true - not too many are interested in prototype freight cars.
Someone must have the same opinion about Erie modelers. Proto 2000 skipped Erie when they released their 2-8-4s.
