Chuck; I have heard repeatedly over the years that the coal mined in the Monongahela River valley and adjacent areas of SW PA, which was served by the PRR, P&LE, B&O, and Monongahela Rwy, was

Perhaps a reasonable rule of thumb is that foreign hoppers (and gondolas) of coal were common on roads that did not originate much coal. Coal was used in large quantities by many industries, not just

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Foreign road hopper cars would show up for delivery to coal dealers (and industries and power plants) because a) the source of the coal was off-line or b) foreign road hoppers were commandeered by the

You're right, Red Caboose markets them as simply "Barber" trucks without specifying which type. The BLT trucks are true S-2's. My mistake. Rob Daniels --- Ted Culotta <tculotta@...>

I mistakenly purchased a Sunshine 32.22 SP/T&NO 10'0" IH Postwar AAR box car w/ 7' Superior door thinking I could use it to build a CNJ 10'0" IH Postwar AAR car. The SP cars did not have consistently

Chuck Yungkurth wrote: "I keep trying to kill the "urban myth" that hopper cars never strayed far from their home roads." and "I find it hard to go along with much of the hypotheses and assumed

I think the Red Caboose ones are S-3s, if I am not mistaken. The BLT ones are S-2s. Regards, Ted Culotta

Red Caboose makes a nicely detailed S-2 for their SP gons. You can see one close-up at: http://www.red-caboose.com/Product_Photos/Details/ho_gon_detail.jpg They are available separately with or

N&W and C&O hoppers were rare in Northern New England.B&O,Pennsy,NYC,D&H,Berwind were fairly common.Occasionally one might see LV, DL&W, NKP Erie,or Reading hoppers.Armand Premo

Bruce Smith wrote: "Assuming you meant H2, if you're modeling in HO you'll need to use the ECW kit rather than the Broadway Car. The BLI car is an H2A and is too late for our era." Bruce, thanks

Well, I have to admit that Brianna can't quite tell the difference between a USRA gon and any other gon...but she's is a big New Haven fan, which of course is completely unrelated to my PRR interests

Earl; I can't tell you from personal experience about the WW2 period, but in later years the Pennsy had an active interchange of N&W hoppers in the area around Wheeling and Mingo Junction on the

Earl, Assuming you meant H2, if you're modeling in HO you'll need to use the ECW kit rather than the Broadway Car. The BLI car is an H2A and is too late for our era. Dry transfers from Greg Komar

Earl Myers asked: "During WW2, would you find any N&W N2 hoppers on PRR main lines or branches west of Pittsburg[h]?" You do mean Class H2, right? No such animal on the N&W as a "Class N_" hopper

Earl, The N&W H-2a cars in the WWII era would have had the 17 inch high N&W. I don't believe these cars would have routinely been loaded off line as there was an AAR directive that hoppers of N&W,

I keep trying to kill the "urban myth" that hopper cars never strayed far from their home roads. I would not be so rash as to theorize what happened in the Misdwest and far West but up to and

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Good Morning, I would not hold my breath waiting for the authors of "From Coal To Glory: The History of Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Coal Company and Railroad" to put out the third book. I have