Re: Blister panels for Bowser hoppers
benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Marty McGuirk wrote:
"So, you're saying the Bowser car is too low to represent the PRR
rebuilt prototype? That may be good news for me, since I want to use
these to model a Central Vermont blister side hopper -- and the CV
cars were close in over dimensions (and in some details, particularly
the double end support brackets) to the PRR GL class."
Yes. Height from top chord to rails was 10 ft for Class GLA, 10 ft 8
in for the Class GLF cars.
Ben Hom
"So, you're saying the Bowser car is too low to represent the PRR
rebuilt prototype? That may be good news for me, since I want to use
these to model a Central Vermont blister side hopper -- and the CV
cars were close in over dimensions (and in some details, particularly
the double end support brackets) to the PRR GL class."
Yes. Height from top chord to rails was 10 ft for Class GLA, 10 ft 8
in for the Class GLF cars.
Ben Hom