I have a set of MTH Premier 2-bay Coal Hoppers Santa Fe. Did Santa Fe have any of these or did MTH make a fantasy what if run?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you
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That's a research-worthy question...
One assumption... So many manufacturers in the HO market have made offset 2-bay hoppers for Santa Fe, that it would be reasonable to assume the 1:1 did, indeed, have these in their roster.
More succinctly, however, I went to the Santa Fe Historical Society website, perused their rolling stock info, found a drawing for a GA-72 2-bay offset hopper. There were 167 of those on the active roster of June 1970.
Santa Fe had several dozen GA classes of open-top hoppers. No time to research them all. Hope this answers, in part, your question.
OTOH, I wouldn't get too fussy about class numbers vs. car numbers......lots of 'license' taken here....even in the HO realm.
Just MHO, of course...
KD
I'm in Chicago for the March Meet. When I get back I'll look in my copies of the Railway Prototype Cyclopedia. They cover offset hoppers well.
Also:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/258888.aspx
