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rex desilets posted:
Big Jim posted:
rex desilets posted:
CSX Troy posted:

I would still LOVE to see Scott make an accurate N&W hopper - either HL / H9 2 bays or H2 / H2a 3 bay in plastic to go along with the Y6's from a few years ago:  

        N&W H9 HopperN&W H2a

If you're really lucky you may find one of these painted and decaled...why, you ask? Because only Champ made decals for them (H2a).

Not true. Here is a link to Great Decals. He makes an excellent set of N&W hopper decals in all scales.

Well, the site says they are new, so I may be forgiven for not knowing.

However...the decals are for the 2-bay cars. I have a few sets of those from other mfgrs; what am I gonna do for dimensional & weight data???

Rex,

IIRC, the Yoder cars are at least 10 years old and from what I have seen, the earliest runs were nothing more than factory painted brass bodies that were not lettered at all, nor did they come with trucks.    They run about $150 - $175 each and still need trucks and decals.   Even if you can get decals for any of the Yoder versions that may need them,  to be honest the only examples I have seen that actually look good were done with dry transfers and those are no longer available.    In fact, most N&W guys I know of in O scale  hoard those dry transfers for some odd reason, even though they have plenty of finished cars to last their lifetime.   I believe later runs of the H2a's did come factory lettered with Yoder trucks but those are usually about $325 - $375.   The Yoder cars are an excellent, high quality model, but investing 20 - 30 grand in a model of an N&W coal train is just not feasible for me.

Also, even if you were good with the upfront cost, I have reservations about the weight of having  50 or more of these in a train along with the die-cast Atlas cars mixed in as well.   I have a couple examples of most versions for testing, but If I get to pick, I would prefer to have them all in a high quality plastic version.  

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