On Feb 12, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Anthony Thompson wrote:

Dick Bale wrote:

Kadee has scheduled a May delivery date for one of its standard 50-
ton open-top 2-bay hoppers painted in box car red and decorated for
ATSF road number 78130. The car will come with Kadee's 2-piece, self-
centering trucks and be priced at $42.95.

Richard Hendrickson is far more qualified than me to talk
about this, but there's a photo of ATSF 78130 (class Ga-72) on page
248 of Richard's book on Santa Fe open-top cars. It's entirely
possible that Richard supplied this photo to Kadee, along with
consulting on the car choice itself.

Sam Clarke at Kadee has my book and doubtless based the model on that
photo. However, it's simply another of Kadee's fine models of the
Pullman-Standard PS-2 covered hopper, so there was no need to consult
me about it. As for Kadee's next really new freight car product, I
think I may know what it is but I ain't talking until they officially
announce it.

Richard Hendrickson