@PRRMP54 posted:A friend of mine told me last night that he was able to get two sets of Bachmann hoppers painted in EBT "old colors" for me. What a surprise as I have not seen any of those hoppers at shows for many years.
Yeah, Bachmann has been confusing with their offerings. First, they utterly flood the market with On30 stuff, then stop making some of in altogether. Now, some of the cars people thought would never be tough to find are so rare that some people question if they ever existed.
I was lucky, in that when I decided to make this layout, I found what Bachmann had that I could to represent ET&WNC stuff, and bought a bunch of them. I modified, decalled, and weathered them all to my taste then put them back into the boxes for the day when they could be used.
So glad I did that now, as many of them are difficult to find at any prices now.
As for my hoppers, those are 3D prints from Western Rails. They were wooden hoppers, something no other RR had. The ET&WNC never had steel hoppers on their 3-foot line.
