RE: (erielack) Erie 3 bay covered hoppers?

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

> Over the weekend, I found some Champ decals for an Erie 3 bay 
> covered hopper. 
>  Was there such an animal, and if so, is there an HO version 
> that would make 
> a reasonable facsimile?  I don't think the PS2 is right as it 
> wasn't built 
> until the sixties.  How about the Athearn 3 bay covered 
> hopper? Others? 


Sure did! Here are some shots from George Elwood's site:

http://gelwood.railfan.net/frt/erie21888.jpg
http://gelwood.railfan.net/frt/erie21800b.jpg

The Erie had 100 of these cars constructed by Greenville Car in 1957.
Con-Cor makes a model of this car (or one that's AWFULLY close) in HO
scale...
These cars lasted well into Conrail (heck, as a kid I remember seeing them
parked at Drew Chemical in Boonton, NJ on CR!))

	- Paul

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