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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT comcast DOT net
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:18:42 -0500
Subject: RE: (erielack) Freight car question
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John,

>A while back, I bought a Bowser four-bay open hopper car, with clamshell
>doors. It is described as a PRR H21 class design, but it is lettered for
>Erie (road number 55036). My question is, did Erie ever own this type of
>car? (Whether authentic, or not, I'm planning on using it, because it's a
>nice looking model at a good price.)

It's close - see the attached shot of ERIE 55011. Note the wildly different
trucks. The Erie car appears to be a bit "heavier" than the PRR H21, but
it's a decent stand-in, IMHO.

- Paul


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