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Rapido GLa Hopper
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Kemal Mumcu
Merry Christmas to those who surely would welcome this announcement. Seems like lots of Pennsy fans at Rapido.
https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/freight-cars/ho-scale-gla-hopper Colin Meikle
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Marty McGuirk
Rapido doing an O&W car - there’s a big surprise!
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(Merry Christmas Bill!)
On Dec 25, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Kemal Mumcu via groups.io <kemal_mumcu@...> wrote:
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Hey us Pennsy guys need them too. 😂
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Brian J. Carlson
On Dec 25, 2020, at 9:53 AM, Marty McGuirk <mjmcguirk@...> wrote:
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David
The metal casting for the slope sheets and hopper bays is an interesting approach. The CN cars are foobies, of course.
David Thompson
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Robert kirkham
I'd like to understand a little bit about movement of speciality products - the kind they might have shipped in Pennsy hoppers - to the Pacific Northwest and Canadian west coast. A) what would those products be (anthracite? anything else?) B) used for what kinds of industries?
Some west coast pennsy hopper photos or spotting data would achieve much the same end - I'm wanting to have a reason to pick up one of these - so move from "possible" to . .. . maybe "rare but plausible"?
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Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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Hi List Members,
David pointed out what the CN cars are. Can anyone tell me, did LV have GLa
design cars? Is the LV car correct?
TIA
Claus Schlund
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Gavin
Aw so the CN cars are inaccurate?
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 3:11 PM Claus Schlund \(HGM\) <claus@...> wrote:
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In one old man 's view, if it were not for foobies and stand-ins, a lot of otherwise good models would never reach marketable numbers. Not a popular view perhaps. Chuck Peck
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 6:13 PM Gavin <senftgav@...> wrote:
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Claus.
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Chuck Davis has them in his blog here. Brian J. Carlson
On Dec 25, 2020, at 6:11 PM, Claus Schlund \(HGM\) <claus@...> wrote:
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Doug Rhodes
The following was posted on another list and may be of interest:
www.nakina.net has this image: http://nakina.net/photos/cn1/cn117312.jpg which is one of the numbers Rapido is offering in CN.
Doug Rhodes
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Charles Peck
In one old man 's view, if it were not for foobies and stand-ins, a lot of otherwise good models would never reach marketable numbers. Not a popular view perhaps. Chuck Peck
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 6:13 PM Gavin <senftgav@...> wrote:
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Bob Thompson
Rob Kirkham wants an excuse to have one of these on his west coast Canadian layout. I can’t confirm a PRR GLa but I do have a photo of a similar CV hopper at a fuel dealer in Victoria, BC. Very interesting is the CNR “GLa" coupled behind it, #115303. As I understand it there was a market for high quality coal for home heating and it would need to come from “back east” because it wasn’t mined in western Canada. I expect there would have various eastern US hoppers showing up on Canada's west coast until other fuels replaced coal.
Bob Thompson North Saanich, BC
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I have 52 Bowser PRR GLAs on hand. Not something I will be rushing out to buy. Now if it were a GLCA or an H25, that would be different.
-- John
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Gavin
Very interesting to know Bob! I assume it's because the mines of the Crow, Kootenays and Vancouver Island went to locomotive fuel first and foremost, not being the best for home heating.
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 6:26 PM Bob Thompson <bthompso@...> wrote:
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John Riddell
The last sentence of the announcement says " Numerous further cars were
John Riddell
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David
Aw so the CN cars are inaccurate? Yep, afraid so. They're twin hoppers of the same general size and configuration of the Gla, but many of the details are different (end sill shape, interior and overall length, height and shape of the crossridge). The GT/CN hoppers are a uniquely Canadian design, the sort of thing Rapido might have done in their earlier days. David Thompson
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Robert kirkham
Thanks Bob; that helps.
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I think justifying Rapido’s F30A flat cars is a lot easier to explain out here. The X31As are obvious of course. Lots to choose from. Would like to see some unique NYC and ATSF stuff next. Rob
On Dec 25, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Gavin <senftgav@...> wrote: Very interesting to know Bob! I assume it's because the mines of the Crow, Kootenays and Vancouver Island went to locomotive fuel first and foremost, not being the best for home heating. On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 6:26 PM Bob Thompson <bthompso@...> wrote:
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Robert kirkham
Nice! Comparison with the Rapido model does credit to the comparison. A few detail changes and it would be hard to tell…
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Rob
On Dec 25, 2020, at 5:42 PM, Doug Rhodes <farronhill@...> wrote: The following was posted on another list and may be of interest: www.nakina.net has this image: http://nakina.net/photos/cn1/cn117312.jpg which is one of the numbers Rapido is offering in CN. Doug Rhodes From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Charles Peck Sent: December 25, 2020 3:41 PM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Rapido GLa Hopper In one old man 's view, if it were not for foobies and stand-ins, a lot of otherwise good models would never reach marketable numbers. Not a popular view perhaps. Chuck Peck On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 6:13 PM Gavin <senftgav@...> wrote:
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Gavin
Hopefully if the GLa are successful enough they'll consider them
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Gavin
Honestly that's what I love any modeling Vancouver, you have 4 US railways that interchange with you, and several shortlines plus the Kettle Valley/ E&N subdivisions that connected at Hope/Vancouver
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 10:14 PM Robert kirkham <rdkirkham@...> wrote:
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David
It looks to me like Rapido is aiming for the modernized PRR version (higher rivet row for the sides of the hopper bays, and inboard top eave angle), while the Bowser car is a post-Safety Appliances but otherwise as-built Gla. The Rapido tooling sample still needs some work (clean up the rivet configuration on the sides, upper taper on the side posts, add the reinforcements on the side posts for the crossties). Unfortunately, this means all non-PRR roadnames will not be accurate.
David Thompson
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