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From: "William E DOT Botkin" webotkin AT ecentral DOT com
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:52:16 -0700
Subject: Re: (erielack) Upcoming models, DL&W hopper
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Mike,

Of course Mike is correct about the end tapers (see link to the three types
of end tapers), but the Accurail model is a good stand-in. I won't comment
about the lettering, as Paul is the expert:)

Bill Botkin

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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Upcoming models, DL&W hopper


>
>
> The car itself is not correct for DL&W; the model is a common 3-pocket
> hopper and the offsets on the DL&W were much less common with a more
> severe taper and overlapping side sheets. The lettering on the model is
> not the DL&W typeface but a more modern one.
>
> Not sure we'll ever see a correct 3-pocket DL&W hopper short of a resin
> kit.? Sunshine Models came out with a two-pocket offset hopper for
> Illinois Central?that is very similar in construction to the DL&W 2- and
> 3-pocket hoppers. It might be a good starting point for patterns; I might
> order one to experiment.
>
> Mike Del Vecchio
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)
> To: EL Mail List
> Sent: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 9:20 am
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Upcoming models
>
>
>
> I'm not sure if the car is 100% accurate for DL&W, but the Lackawanna
> DID have offset-side 3-bay hoppers... I'll defer to other DL&W freight
> aficionados (Mike D?) to answer that one.
>
> The lettering on this model is a little on the "weak" side, IMHO...
>
> - Paul
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Schmieder [mailto:dlw_fan@hotmail.com]
>>
>> Hey Paul,
>>
>> Speaking of upcoming models, did you see Accurail's listing
>> of the 3-bay 70 ton offset side hoppers decorated for DL&W?
>> Do you know if these cars are correct? They only have a
>> single car available, DL&W #84016. Here's the link...
>>
>> http://www.accurail.com/accurail/ART/7500/7527.JPG
>>
>> Tom
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