wood chip gondolas/hoppers

Not sure, but the MTH versions aren't too bad. Here's two I custom painted:

 

 

I was hoping to find something like these:

 

http://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=407&Categoryid=32

 

http://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=397&Categoryid=32

 

I don't know about brass, but it takes several small plastic items to fashion a higher capacity on top of a 50 ton hopper car to put it into woodchip service.

The Prorocraft models are brass.  PSC has also done them.

 

ChipR

Norm hasn't done gondolas, anyone have a PSC model?

Those are almost identical to the SP "Sugarbeet" gondolas. I haven't seen any drop-bottom gondolas in brass in my travels, but the wood extensions could be done pretty easily to an MTH composite gon.

Brad,

 

Rich Yoder did a Western Maryland wood chip hopper quite a while back. The 12" to the foot version was a regular hopper with an extension on top. They show up on Ebay and at shows now and then.

 

Considering your interest in brass, maybe you should consider going 2 rail????

 

Simon

maybe you could make molds of it and try lost wax casting it with brass if your search gets too hard to find one

Here's a link to some woodchip hoppers:

 

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsRRList.aspx?id=22

 

When I was in HO, I had an ACL WoodChip Hopper like this:

 

http://www.wig-wag-trains.com/...odChip/22004_ACL.jpg

 

but I don't think it was prototypical for ACL.

Bob---its a hoot seeing the GN images as some are in seattle

 

Simon---yes I am contemplating this at some point...