Armand Premo wrote Well, if Kadee were to produce a USRA hopper, both original and rebuilt panel side, that might be more numerous than any one of the myriad twin offset hoppers. I only mention it

Charlie, Wonderful resource you linked, I enjoyed perusing all 292 pages. Thank you much for presenting it here. I have Lucas's "100 Year of Classic Steam Locomotives" but do not know about the

Years ago, Overland imported several of the C&O cars, plus a C&O triple, in HO scale.

I put three to four drops of ACC in a bottle cap (from bottled water) that sits in a piece of foam to hold it at an angle so the ACC collects at the bottom of the angled side. The tip of the ACC

Thanks Tim--that's reassuring. I'm looking at this release with optimism. NYC offset hoppers were seen in the south and all over the midwest and I'll certainly have a few for my layout. John John

Nice job, Tom! Your advice to those that have the early Sunshine kit is right on. I would also add that in the earlier Sunshine kit based on the C&BT kit, one has to widen the door with styrene

I enjoy my kit any way!!   Dennis

I think everyone in HO is envious and wishes Rich did cars in that scale, too. His C&O cars are beautiful, as are all his PRR models. Elden Gatwood

Another Offset hopper really doesn't bother me.The question I would raise is this really the most common hopper type yet to be produced? Armand Premo

Tony, I received an email from Al Buchan, the president of the PRRT&HS wanting to know what was the story regarding the door size of the Sunshine X29b that had just come out. He had received an

Gentlemen, Make it vote #4 for the AAR alternate standard hopper - but please (1) in NP, GN, etc., and (2) with wire grabs and other state-of-the-art details. No one has done this very common coal

<elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote: Indeed they have been done, and in multiples...just NOT in a "popular" scale. Rich Yoder of Rich Yoder models http://www.richyodermodels.com/ has done several

Schuyler Larrabee says about the alternative standard: Vote No. 3. I have a video showing two such C&O cars in a train on the UP in the Whasatch Mtns in Utah. To get there from the east you have to

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I agree with Bill. I use the cheap stuff found at the local hardware store. I don't use ACC in large quantities and found the Hobby Shop bottles often dried up after long periods of dis-use, not just

Bill is talking about the side sill variations of the AAR Standard car, specifically the straight side sills that make an offset toward the bottom of the car behind the side sheets vs. the version

Elden, C&O had some 27,400 alternate standard cars with many variations of end arrangements. L&N had zero alternate standard cars. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Bill; The "most common" version of the offset side twin is not the "AAR standard" version, or am I wrong? I guess we should discuss how many roads had how many of each type, shouldn't we? I thought

Not sure what Bill wants, but I want the alternate standard side car for Erie, NKP C&O. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY