The car was designed by N&W (class H-11), and looks like a stretched PRR H-39. Roanoke shops built 6500 of them. I think they were originally 90 ton capacity and were later upgraded to 100 tons - at least that was the case with those the Reading Railroad had. The Reading also used this design and had 400 (class HTz) built by Bethlehem Steel's Johnstown plant, the UP had 950 built by Bethlehem Steel, the SOO had 25 built by Bethlehem Steel, and the C&O built 2000 in their own shops. 100 ton coal hopper cars have probably been one of the most common cars on the real railroads for years, and I think S-scale desperately needs one also -- a well done version that will compare favorably to what is available in the other scales. This is a car that I think would also be needed in large quantities on a layout. This information and a drawing and article on the Reading hopper was in the April 2001 RMC, page 61.
-- Jim Miller > > --- In [email protected], "jaydeet2001" <detche...@...> wrote: >> The 100-ton car was N&W class H11a first built in 1963, and subsequent >> subclasses. >> >> David Thompson >> ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
