• Transition-era ATSF hoppers

  • Discussion related to everything about model railroading, from layout design and planning, to reviews of related model tools and equipment. Discussion includes O, S, HO, N and Z, as well as narrow gauge topics. Also includes discussion of traditional "toy train" and "collector" topics such as Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, and others. Also includes discussion of outdoor garden railways and live steamers.
Discussion related to everything about model railroading, from layout design and planning, to reviews of related model tools and equipment. Discussion includes O, S, HO, N and Z, as well as narrow gauge topics. Also includes discussion of traditional "toy train" and "collector" topics such as Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, and others. Also includes discussion of outdoor garden railways and live steamers.

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  by snowplough
 
Does anyone know of a prototypically correct HO scale ATSF hopper suitable for modeling 1953? (The Walthers hopper is so poorly researched, it's not even numbered right, and I'm afraid to even try the Accurail [= "Inaccurail"] model.)

The only thing I'm aware of is the Westerfield Caswell gondola, which, although it isn't a hopper *per se*, was used for coal service on the ATSF during the 50s.


snowplough