BLI H2a hoppers in the house

[towl1996]

So far no single H2a's on ebay.....so if anybody is a seller, I'm in the market for a couple. 

[bbussey]

Look again.

[Spikre]

 
   H2,H2a,H3 Odds and Ends:
  Wabash Purchased 359 cars in 1962,believe this was after N&W took
   over the lease ?
   so were these cars Fully painted Wabash, or just Patched Wabash ?
   in any event the cars reverted back to N&W after 10/64.
    PRR had some H2as that had 2 piece sides with rivits running down the
   center of the cars panels, so far BLI doesn't offer this variant.
    Info found here doesn't think the IC lease ever happened, but if it did for
   6 months, would the cars have kept their N&W paint ?
    B&O leased H3s,as IC would have .
   H3 cars rebuilt from HU, HUa cars which explains the Andrews trucks.
    HU may have been a Quad hopper ?
       Spikre
       
   

[towl1996]

Look again.

Thanks, but I see I forgot to mention I want PRR singles.

[Mark5]

   Robert,
    here is the breakdown on the BLI paint schemes for H2As:
    N&W 17' lettering,replaced in the mid 50s by 24" lettering,some cars made it thru the 60s.
   N&W 24" lettering,mid 50s,cars lasted well into the 70s,a few longer.

N&W switched to 24" starting late 1951.

  NS,not sure any cars got this paint ?

Nope.

  Wabash,sold to Wabash after N&W leased Wabash,but befor the 10/64 Merger,doubt
   they were fully painted Wabash,back to N&W after 10/64.intresting.

Wabash previously bought 359 visually similar H2 class (in 1962 I think), some of these were painted in WABASH (I have at least one pic)

    EDIT:
    there may be 2 or 3 N&W schemes BLI hasn't done yet in HO:
    Circle or Hamberger N&W scheme,60s.

Correct.

    written out Norfolk and Western scheme, late 60s or early 70s.

Not sure what you mean by this, the transition from "hamburger" to "NW" was very brief, and involved deleting the "hamburger" and the "NOR FOLK AND WES TERN" on the sides.

   NW 70s scheme.
 

Nope. At best there were "NW" patches on the reporting marks.

[jmlaboda]

HU may have been a Quad hopper ?

They were indeed quads...

http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=search&Searchword=HU+Hopper

[jmlaboda]

Now you want to talk about strange lease agreements... wonder if we can get a manufacturer to do this one... (click on image to enlarge)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130647200@N05/30376204484

If you all have time you should check out Mr. Gordon's pix... there are a number of classics...

And check out his caption... a third road is involved with these shipments...

[Mark5]

That's wild Jerry!

And thanks for the lead on Mr. Gordon's photos.

Mark

[Missaberoad]

Now you want to talk about strange lease agreements... wonder if we can get a manufacturer to do this one... (click on image to enlarge)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130647200@N05/30376204484

Attn: @Bluford Craig here's a variation to add to your next run of Three bays 

[Chris333]

All that Flickr pop-up does is make me leave their site. Every time!

[jmlaboda]

All that Flickr pop-up does is make me leave their site. Every time!

That's really odd... never heard of anyone having that problem.  Is your browser up-to-date?  Are you sure you don't have any malicious cookies?  Sounds more to me like something in your machine is causing the problem and not the Flickr site itself.

[Chris333]

It's not just me:
https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157663810085725

They bug you on every page to sign in or give them your e-mail.