I guess it depends on what part of the country you're from. There have always been hoppers in northern New England, but the percentage is pretty small compared to box cars and reefers. Small grain facilities, no coal mines, etc. The largest user of coal in the 50s would be locale dealers, pulp mills, power plants and the like. Unit trains on the Bangor & Aroostook from Searsport to Great Northern Paper Co. in Millinocket would be local hoppers running from the docks to the user. Ever see a B&A hopper in S? Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, it just seems as though every new issue of cars is 25 new hopper road names and 5 box cars. I guess I need to start a box car/hopper relettering program. As most of us older guys are discovering, I'm running out of time for special projects. Actually, I'm running out of time for everything :o) Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine
--- On Fri, 1/2/09, Bill Lane <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill Lane <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Hoppers in S To: "S Scale List" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 12:44 PM Ed, I am sure the freight car freaks on Steam era freight cars could pie chart and bar graph this thing, but logic states there would be a lot of hoppers. Consider the importance of hoppers on the Mighty PRR, N&W and the C&O during the transition era alone. According to our own Keith Thompson there were 81000 hoppers live on the PRR in 1948. That is immense! The bulk products carried in hoppers are what the railroads did best. While the intermodal has changed the balance, I am sure hoppers of various types are still a major source of traffic and income today. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestra ins.com Winner of the 2007 Josh Seltzer NASG Website Award Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestra ins.com/SolidWor ks_Modeling. htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestra ins.com/PRRphoto s.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths. com http://www.lanestra ins.com/PRRTHS_ Application. pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs. com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
