Swafford, these CN Covered Hoppers are National Steel Car.

Good Day Andrew,

Thank you for posting your pictures. The National Steel hoppers would look great on any layout and would be admired by collectors. I like the Trinity 5161’s and the Pullman-Standard 4750’s too.

Regards,
Swafford

A Canadian company could produce them in Canada with direct access to the real models so all the details and graphics are right.

Andrew

I have a picture of my CN 4 BAY Hopper and one in the rail yard also.

Presenting the CN/IC 4750 Hopper.

Regards,
Swafford




Click on the link below for a larger and more detailed view.

http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/gro...172C7A69755D2C4D.GIF

This is an image of an ICG CN PS-2-CD 4750 Covered Hopper that rolled through Vicksburg, MI.


They are missing the final IC logo. There is enough room for another graphic.



Andrew

Some more of the 100 TON CN and the covered hopper

Falcone service any new pictures to post?

These are new photos.

CN IC DASH 8 in Conrail Blue

 

New CN 53' domestic intermodal container

 

New Schneider and AXSUN 53' domestic intemodal containers

 

 

Central Vermont 50' plug-door box car repainted by CN that could be made using the Weaver 50' plug-door box car model.

 

Andrew

 

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Good Day,

 

I like the new CN containers, strikingly different.

 

Regards,

Swafford

I wonder what it would look like if a similar style of graphics in different contrasting colors were applied to other CN equipment like locomotives, NSC 3-Bay covered hoppers, 86' box cars, and auto carriers.

 

Andrew

 

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Who can make these National Steel Car's covered hoppers:

4,275 Cu. Ft. Capy. 3-bay Covered Hopper

5.300 Cu. Ft. Capy. 3-Bay Covered Hopper

6,350 Cu. Ft. Capy. 4-Bay Covered Hopper

 

Would it be Atlas because they have produced the National Steel Car Coil Cars?

 

Would it be MTH because they did not make the Trinity RailCar covered hoppers first and would not want to exactly repeat what Atlas O has made?

MTH would have to make them in HO, S, and O Scale to be first.

 

Would it be Lionel because they need to produce some Covered Hoppers that match the era of the DASH 9, SD70M-2, ES44AC, and GenSet diesel locomotives?

 

Williams by Bachmann would be unlikely since they are offering mostly 1950's and 1960's scale diesel-electric locomotives.

 

Weaver Models is unlikely since the freight cars they have offered lately have been 1950's and 1960's era.

 

Andrew

Good Day Andrew,

 

I'd love to see those monster TrinityRail hoppers in O Scale!

 

https://www.trinityrail.com/productdetails.aspx?id=53&catid=27

 

https://www.trinityrail.com/productdetails.aspx?id=48&catid=27

 

Regards,

Frank