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Blue Coal Hoppers
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wulantowag <SUVCWORR@...>
Check the archives and did not find the answer to these questions. What is the time period when the "blue coal" P/L was applied to hoppers by the Antracite roads? To which roads and cars was it applied?
TIA Rich Orr
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Malcolm H. Houck
What is the time period when the "blue coal" P/L was
applied to hoppers by the Anthracite roads? To which roads and cars was it applied? "Blue Coal" was a marketing tool used by the Glen Alden Coal Co. of Huber, Pennsylvania. Glen Alden was owned by the DL&W and so, if at all used on cars, the "Blue Coal" advertising would be limited to cars of the Lackawanna. Some years ago Mantua made a run of triple hoppers that were painted blue and were lettered with the "Blue Coal" registered trademark logo and immense billboard lettering of "Blue Coal." Aside from a misuse of a triple hopper, the reporting marks were "RDG" and not for DL&W. . . . Never having seen a "Blue Coal" lettered hopper or photo image, and suspecting further that, if used at all, it was on but a very, very few cars and then I neither can offer any answer to when such lettering was used. Mal Houck
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SUVCWORR@...
Thanks Mal.
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So I assume the current crop of Blue Coal cars from Bowser on the Stewart triple offset hopper in RDG, D&LW and D&H lettering are bogus. Rich Orr
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From: Indian640@... To: STMFC@... Sent: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 12:27 pm Subject: [STMFC] Re:Blue Coal Hoppers What is the time period when the "blue coal" P/L was applied to hoppers by the Anthracite roads? To which roads and cars was it applied? "Blue Coal" was a marketing tool used by the Glen Alden Coal Co. of Huber, Pennsylvania. Glen Alden was owned by the DL&W and so, if at all used on cars, the "Blue Coal" advertising would be limited to cars of the Lackawanna. Some years ago Mantua made a run of triple hoppers that were painted blue and were lettered with the "Blue Coal" registered trademark logo and immense billboard lettering of "Blue Coal." Aside from a misuse of a triple hopper, the reporting marks were "RDG" and not for DL&W. . . . Never having seen a "Blue Coal" lettered hopper or photo image, and suspecting further that, if used at all, it was on but a very, very few cars and then I neither can offer any answer to when such lettering was used. Mal Houck ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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Malcolm H. Houck
So I assume the current crop of Blue Coal cars from
Bowser on the Stewart triple offset hopper in RDG, D&LW and D&H lettering are bogus. Rich, I'd surely say so! After having checked the Bowser site I have to say that what they offer aren't even as appealing(?) [with all lower case billboard lettering] as the old Mantua offering! Mal Houck
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mcindoefalls
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So I assume the current crop of Blue Coal cars from Bowser on the Stewart triple offset hopper in RDG, D&LW and D&H lettering are bogus.I can't ever remember hearing of or seeing a D&H offset triple, much less a prototype photo of anything that looked like this. Have you tried emailing Bowser about the cars? Walt Lankenau
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SUVCWORR@...
Yes, no information has been forthcoming regarding the prototype for these cars from Bowser.
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Rich Orr
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From: mcindoefalls <mcindoefalls@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 9:30 pm Subject: [STMFC] Re:Blue Coal Hoppers --- In STMFC@..., SUVCWORR@... wrote: So I assume the current crop of Blue Coal cars from Bowser on the Stewarttriple offset hopper in RDG, D&LW and D&H lettering are bogus. I can't ever remember hearing of or seeing a D&H offset triple, much less a prototype photo of anything that looked like this. Have you tried emailing Bowser about the cars? Walt Lankenau ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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Brian Carlson <brian@...>
In my 1955 ORER none of those roads had any cars, let along hoppers, with
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the three numbers on the Bowser site. If someone has a October 1948 or any 1949 we could determine for sure. I think they are foobies. Bowser link below. http://bowser-trains.com/New_Products/New%2008-18-09%20Frt%20Car%20Kits/New% 2008_18_09%20Frt%20Car%20Kits.htm Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY
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From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of SUVCWORR@... Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 7:28 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re:Blue Coal Hoppers Thanks Mal. So I assume the current crop of Blue Coal cars from Bowser on the Stewart triple offset hopper in RDG, D&LW and D&H lettering are bogus. Rich Orr
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