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Some years back I ran across a 3rd Rail model that had a real "hopper" like that, but it made the upgrade a giant PITA as there wasn't much room left in the tender!  Rusty is, of course, right, the room in the tender is what likely dictates the shape of the coal load.

An interesting twist is the Lionel Vision Line Big Boy, if you removed the mechanized depleting coal load, you could actually model the coal load as significantly depleted.  Truthfully, in many other tenders, if you are replacing the electronics, you might be able to remove the existing coal load and add a recessed tray to model a depleted coal load and still leave room for the electronics.  I suspect it's just the work of actually doing the modifications that may limit the number of these you'll see.  It's an interesting issue, and thinking about it, it might be interesting to do one of those one day.

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