> Otherwise, the thread had me thinking about the Erie hoppers > available in HO. Now, I'm not a purest, so some may not be > totally accurate, but I thought it might be interesting if > anyone can top my roster of factory painted and lettered Erie hoppers. > > I have the following in order by availability date IIRC. > Each is 50T two bay unless as noted: > > The original Athearn offset side (okay the ends are wrong and > the logo is > yellow!!!) > The set of ten Athearn hoppers done by the ELHS quite a few > years ago. I found these through a news group about 8 years ago! > The Athearn set of five special edition > MDC/Roundhouse set of 12 (Three bay 70 ton capacity I think) > Four from Atlas Walthers set of 6 straight sided hoppers > (Anyone remember what these were called and if they are > anywhere near correct?) The new set of five RTR Athearn > > That makes 43 hoppers, all with unique road numbers. > > Are there any others commercially available that I need to > find to complete the collection? Bob, Atlas has re-releaed their 34' hopper in their Trainman line with two more Erie numbers. And just to clarify, Bob is referring to open-top hoppers, not covered hoppers. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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