Vince Altiere wrote:

Can anyone tell me for which railroads (esp. the B&O ??) the Trainman
70 ton,9panel hopper is accurate for,or at least as a stand-in??

This car was discussed on the list when it first came out so search
the older messages for more information about correct prototypes for
this model.

I can address the B&O part of your question. The car is close to the
B&O Class W-11. These were a group of 300 cars originally built by
the Press Steel Car Company for the C&EI in 1951 termed the "PSC
Payloader welded hopper car". An article about them was published in
Railway Age, March 31, 1952, p. 38. These were 70-ton cars. They
were all welded and the Atlas Trainman car is of riveted construction.
The major dimensions are very close to the PSC cars built for the
C&EI and removing the rivets would be a first step in modeling this
car. The B&O purchased them in 1962, 290 cars remained, and that date
places them outside the date range for discussions by this group.

Bob Witt
Indianapolis, Indiana