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And if you feel that selection doesn't quite handle your needs, then check out our Jumbo Hopper car lineup. looks like 40' narrow door box cars are going to be the grain haulers of choice for me. All the 3-bay N scale models I found are PS2CD. hoppers or not. They used 40 foot box cars with grain doors. The other brands are PS2CD. There are no community member online Can anyone provide a little history on RUSX 3 bay ribbed covered hoppers in the 483200-483500 number series? I've found several photos post 2000 and as late as 2017, but I am wondering if these could also fit in the mid to late 90's. I belonged to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, but because I started at Ladyfield School at Bancroft and Secor, I continued to go there.My older brother worked for the City (my dad was a city councilman) at the time and was cutting grass in the open fields over by the Fasssett Street Bridge when that ore boat broke loose and rammed and knocked it down.My memories of the Wabash centered on the passenger train that went by the house at speed at 7:40 pm which meant it was time to go into the house for the evening. I spent lots of time over by the Wabash tower where the Wabash Crossed the NYC to get down to the Middlegrounds and Piling yard. I don't think that these cars were used for grain in the 1950s (as the Original Poster is asking about), but I could be wrong.I don't think 3-bay cars would be used for cement in the in the 1950's due to the its weight. Andersons elevaors had a flock of ex Wabash war emergency two bay hoppers with metal sides, which were extended a bit on top, and a canvas cover as storage for grain during the season rush. I do not know if they were P.S. Covered Hoppers are a diverse fleet of railcars that carry a variety of dry bulk commodities. i was around back in the 50's but i was just a kid and didn't pay a lot of attention to things. About 1954 is the date for the first deliveries of the PS-2 2893 cubic capacity 3 bay hopper. The cover protects the loads from the weather. they kept themselves in beer money during the entire grain season. This appears to still be true. These are all builder's photos, so the build dates are pretty clear:Note of course that many of these cars were not assigned to grain service; the earliest covered hoppers were definitely assigned to other sorts of bulk commodities like cement or dry bulk minerals or chemicals.In  Pullman-Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960 Edward S. Kaminski there are photos of 3-bay PS2 covered hoppers with round roof hatches built in 1954. what would be a common 3 bay covered hopper used for grain transportation in the midwest back in the mid to late 1950's?

So that is the way I am going to paint them.Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!thanks for all the input. like steam engines, i remember them but i don't know for sure what i saw..when i was working on the big four, i heard the "Q" used to pay a $5 cash bounty for clean box cars usable for grain loading. I lived right next to the HI Level bridge on the east side, and went to Good Shepard school, which would be that big green dome next to the HI Level.My father worked on the C&O and frequently went to the Wabash Yard over near your place, down by the old Andersons elevator before they built the new interstate bridge over the river. These were also produced in the Atlas Trainman line as a Thrall 4750.

Model Railroader Newsletter It might be possible to bash a 3-bay PS2 from two Atlas 2- bay PS2's.I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.I believe that round roof hatches typically indicate a car for cement service (or similar commodity). They had a capacity of 70-75 tons of product. : By the way the prototype/demonstrator  PS2 -  a 2-bay car lettered Pullman Stantard, rpt mark/number PSX 2 was built in June 1953.I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it. I wasn't trackside until 2008 or so.