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Chris333

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N scale early wood hopper.
« on: October 09, 2023, 09:23:51 PM »
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Just because I made an early wood hopper in N scale.


It was used on the Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula RR. I think there is one at Strasburg.

Printables won't let me upload the Chitubox file https://www.printables.com/model/609242-pya-hopper-n-scale
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2023, 09:27:24 PM »
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2023, 10:01:24 PM »
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Looks really good. Nice job Chris.

I downloaded it “just because”.
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2023, 10:54:41 PM »
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Very nice, Chris!
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2023, 11:43:22 AM »
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Oh *****, I think these are my dad's Holy Grail car!
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2023, 11:46:29 AM »
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So yeah, these were originally PRR cars.

From my Dad's complaints, decals for them are surprisingly tough to come by. Everything is for the later circle keystone scheme cars.

Anyone know a source for the earlier PRR style lettering on these?
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2023, 11:54:52 AM »
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Yes
I used decals for Union Line cars from K4 Decals to letter my GB gons.  They are the only ones i’ve found.
I’d like to know if there are any other prints available.
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2023, 12:35:23 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on October 10, 2023, 11:46:29 AM
So yeah, these were originally PRR cars.

From my Dad's complaints, decals for them are surprisingly tough to come by. Everything is for the later circle keystone scheme cars.

Anyone know a source for the earlier PRR style lettering on these?

Would this set have some of the lettering he would need?

https://k4decals.com/products/pennsylvania-union-line-early-wood-boxcar-white-decal-pulb

Edit: evidently yes  :P

Quote from: EdKap2 on October 10, 2023, 11:54:52 AM
Yes
I used decals for Union Line cars from K4 Decals to letter my GB gons.  They are the only ones i’ve found.
I’d like to know if there are any other prints available.
« Last Edit: October 10, 2023, 12:43:24 PM by Missaberoad »
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2023, 02:03:09 PM »
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I think this group of cars later became PRR. The original RR they are for once crossed the street I live on.

Later on I'll put them on Thingieverse along with the Chitubox supported model I used.
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2023, 03:50:22 PM »
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These are PRR Gg class gondolas.
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2023, 05:02:53 PM »
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I guess the PY&A was a subsidiary of the PRR. They were built in 1895. Even though it was called a gondola it is said to be one of the first "hopper" cars.

Chitubox file should be here:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6259369

Also it was made with a slot to insert Microtrains stirrups.
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2023, 06:01:04 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on October 10, 2023, 05:02:53 PM
I guess the PY&A was a subsidiary of the PRR. They were built in 1895.

Or the PY&A purchased them second hand from the PRR. According to the wiki, the PY&A was formed in 1906.
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2023, 06:11:08 PM »
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2023, 06:26:03 PM »
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Re: N scale early wood hopper.
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2023, 06:27:59 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on October 10, 2023, 05:02:53 PM
They were built in 1895. Even though it was called a gondola it is said to be one of the first "hopper" cars.

"Hopper-bottom" gondolas go back at least to 1881. N&W built one experimental car at that time. Between 1882 & 1883 N&W ordered and received 500 "hopper-bottom" cars from Bowers, Dure, & Co. for an avg cost of $530.50  :D They had a whopping 20 ton capacity. :lol:

Info above from Andrew Dow's N&W Coal Car book.

There is a photo from 1886 or 1887 in the book, but I was unable to find any pics online after 5 min of searching.  :facepalm:
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