John, Um, carbon black was not a dense bulk proiduct and hence the carbon black LOs were some of the largest covered hoppers of the WWII era. regards Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn,

Doug Here is the correct URL http://www.proto48.org/p48_photos_leners.htm Gene Deimling

Doug You can find pictures of Robert Leners models at my website. Http://www.proto48.org/p48_models_lenders/htm Gene Deimling

I have the following Resin HO kits for sale. Sunshine Models 47.3 MILW Single sheathed boxcar complex tilted box logo $38 Westerfield 10155 DSS&A double sheathed modernized boxcar $35 Westerfield

Greg, Actually what I'm going to say is "Dang! I didn't know that..." I really wasn't aware (but I am not surprised) that the Pennsy was that much ahead of the curve regarding roller bearings on

John. Most products like this shipped on a per-hundred weight so other than the railroads protecting their assets by having a higher tariff on some car types it really didn't mater as the commodity

covered hoppers purchased from AC&F in 1950-53. And they were cement haulers. F&C has kits for these cars. and all of but had carrying most, if NOT a offering this We had a similar discussion about

Bill writes: ...and other modern features (such as (gasp!) roller bearing trucks) were decades in the future. My comments refer to cars of that long-gone era. Bill. You are going to say,

John, I would agree with your comments, but it was the Southern's Big John covered hopper along with changes in rate structures in the 60's that led to the change-over to covered hoppers from

The weights, car and hatch dimensions are similar to Lacakawanna covered hoppers purchased from AC&F in 1950-53. And they were cement haulers. F&C has kits for these cars. Ken

Bill: Yes, I knew that when I was writing my reply. Point is, before the 1960's covered hoppers were almost always used for dense, bulk products such as cement, lime, fertilizers, kaolin, carbon

While researching for the CGW Color Guide I was handed a list of covered hopper assignments. The CGW covered hoppers are of the same type and same age as those in Bill Michaels original

The latest edition of the NYCentral Modeler has just been uploaded on the NYCSHS website. www.nycshs.org Be sure to check this one out. NYCSHS member Charlie Crawford's layout models the NYC

I just checked the January 1954 ORER (do not have an earlier one) and all of the covered hoppers owned by the Milwaukee Road were 29 ft 3 in long but had 70 Ton capacity. This would support that they

Gene, after looking at photos again, I agree with you. And I have forwarded that information to Gene Green. The photo that prompted his question is one I gave him a few weeks ago, which I took at

Sorry, John, but while what you are talking about was true for covered hoppers from the mid 60's and later, Bill's question refers to cars that had a date of 1949 and in particular they are Kato

Doug I don't think that car was done by Robert Leners. I think the car was built from a kit offered by Rails Unlimited. Gene Deimling

They were never in revenue service as far as I know. The number series 200000 and above was for company service cars, and lists several thousand cars without specifying what any of them are in the

When were these in revenue service, and what was their number series? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Bill, were you aware that these company built (from box cars) were built for non-revenue purposes? Near absolute lack of evidence that these were ever sent off-line with an interchanged load. -Andy