cj riley wrote:

I still have several sets of brass castings of an entire end with heap shield that date back to perhaps the '70s or '80s designed for the Athearn hopper. I also have some plastic heap shield castings from (I believe) Roundhouse. Never used any of them and would love a good model that included them.

I have a pair of these ends also. I don't know who originally produced them, though. Nice parts.

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