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Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« on: November 06, 2014, 06:05:13 PM »
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For HO scalers Exactrail has announced the Southern "Big John Hoppers" https://www.exactrail.com/ We N scalers apparently will not see anything new anytime soon! :facepalm:
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2014, 06:07:11 PM »
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I would DEFINITELY buy several of those if they were in N scale. The local shortline back home would see some of these very heavily weathered in kaolin service
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2014, 06:15:03 PM »
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Yes... they're just recycling N scale already on the shelf. Too bad, the SOU waffle boxes are fantastic and I'd be in for a few of the Big John's myself. Oh well.
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2014, 11:45:16 PM »
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Yes, didn't they officially announce they were out of n-scale other than whatever they already had tooling for.   I know it was something like that.

I would be in for at least 3 or 4 Big John's in N.   They were fairly common in the era/area I model.
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2014, 10:24:26 AM »
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Didn't AHM/Roco do a covered hopper that might have been a Big John in N in the 60s-70s?
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2014, 10:25:47 AM »
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Quote from: Denver Road Doug on November 06, 2014, 11:45:16 PM
...I would be in for at least 3 or 4 Big John's in N.   They were fairly common in the era/area I model.

Same with me. Right now, I'm using old Con-Cor covered hoppers painted for Southern's Big Johns. They look good because there's nothing else to compare them to. I have about 10 undecorated Con Cor hopperss waiting to be decaled for Southern. Just gotta buy an airbrush and get the Microscale decals LOL.

I'd get maybe 5 Exactrail Big Johns if they eventually make them in N scale.


Hmm... Exactrail won't
make the Big Johns in N
until Kiz paints/decals
the cars he has...

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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2014, 10:32:21 AM »
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Quote from: jwb on November 07, 2014, 10:24:26 AM
Didn't AHM/Roco do a covered hopper that might have been a Big John in N in the 60s-70s?

I know Con Cor made the hopper (along with AHM/Roco?), as I mentioned in my post just above. When I first saw the hoppers, my eyes got big  :o and I bought a dozen of 'em.


Hmm... yeah. Kiz spent
all my banana money
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2014, 07:02:40 PM »
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 :?
   the Con-Cor 4 Bay PS-2 was a model of a car that was Never Built for any RR.
   havnt seen any Big Johns on the R&D line here for well over a year.
   are they still in service in other areas ?
    they seem to have replaced them with large Cylinder style cars built by Trinity-Thrall.
     Spikre
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2014, 07:46:32 PM »
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I handled two Southern Big Johns in potash service a couple years ago on the MDDE. First and only two I ever saw in person. So with the 10 year extension on it's service life, they're all due or real real close to being due for scrapping.
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Re: Exactrail HO Southern Big John Hoppers
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2014, 03:12:45 PM »
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Quote from: Denver Road Doug on November 06, 2014, 11:45:16 PM
Yes, didn't they officially announce they were out of n-scale other than whatever they already had tooling for.   I know it was something like that.
If I'm remembering how it went down correctly the answer to that is basically yes, but not officially official I believe.
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