some years back I acquired a bunch of junker AF 40 gons. slicing and dicing
turned them into 52-6 gons. there's a lot of crud to remove but it does give
a different appearance to the gon fleet. put new ends on some.
scratchbuilding is faster.
cheers
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From: "JGG KahnSr" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:05 AM
Subject: {S-Scale List} AF Triple Hoppers
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> I have only the one, which was not particularly collectible (none of my AF
> items are, as I can't imagine paying a premium for something I intend
> to rework anyway, so the collectors mostly will not be frustrated and
> outraged), lacking brakewheel, a corner step and the paint and lettering
> scratched. I touched the paint up while adding scale details so hesitate
> to strip and repaint it--not that I have a great use for the
> factory-scheme,
> which is the Peabody Coal captive-service operation (one of the more
> stupid marketing ideas)--but that it seems to be a less-common one than
> the others I see. It would be interesting to have another one or two to
> paint and reletter, so if there are low-budget grey-market shells around,
> that sounds like something I would want; after all, it is only the shell I
> need. Thanks for the background, and I shall be looking for a couple at
> shows. Probably if I want more than the one or two, I shall buy AM
> triples, which are much more what I'd want.
>
> Jace Kahn
>
> General Manager
> Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
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>> To answer your question, the A F 3 bay hopper was a late addition to the
>> best of my knowledge and generally always considered to be more
>> collectable
>> than other A F hoppers. It was a quest of mine in my early S Scale days
>> to
>> find 1 in suitable condition and especially price for converting to
>> Scale. I
>> never did. They were made later by Lionel at which time I did buy one
>> brand
>> new, take it out of the box for the first time, remove the trucks and
>> give
>> them right to the seller for a $5.00 credit towards the car. His head was
>> spinning when I did that.
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>> The 3 bay car was also made new, somewhat illegally, at the Lionel
>> factory
>> and the shells were "taken out the back door" as the story goes. Others
>> more
>> knowledgeable (Rollie) could fill in the details on that one. They used
>> to
>> be pretty plentiful. You can tell because they are a perfect unpainted
>> gray
>> color that has never had anything done to them. I thought I had a bunch
>> of
>> these shells but could not find them when I looked in the past 6 months.
>> Ironically a friend just gave me 1 of them back just last weekend I gave
>> him
>> years ago as he decided to not use it. So I am sure I have one of them.
>
>> Bill Lane
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