34′ coal hopper

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  • July 7, 2015 at 9:08 pm #5334
    mopac
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    Some years ago, Athearn offered H0 scale models of 34′ coal hopper, among others in MoPac paint.

    How long did MoPac use these cars in service ?

    And what paint scheme did the wear in the last years ?

    July 8, 2015 at 1:33 am #6684
    peggyrothschild
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    This is a car from the steam era so a general timeframe is 1930 to the early 1950’s. The cars were black with white lettering.

    July 8, 2015 at 10:17 am #6685
    mopac
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    Thanks, Charlie

    July 9, 2015 at 4:44 pm #6702
    Mike Vana
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    After 1962, hopper cars began getting freight car red paint and survivors in 1967 were typically renumbered with six digits.

    Some of these 34′ coal hoppers made it through the sixties but I’m sure most got the red paint. It’s easier to rationalize having something in older paint than may have escaped being rebuilt than having a 1982 era paint scheme show up in 1974.

    it is likely the move away from Illinois coal because of its sulfur content made many of these cars surplus by the 1970s. I also understand these cars were frequently rebuilt with new side sheets because of the caustic nature of the coal they carried.

    Jim Ogden

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