I am a big fan of MOW equipment. Since there is not much out there I have made several pieces myself. To my knowledge no one makes an actual ballast hopper.
Here are two cars that provided me inspiration.....
Here is my latest MOW creation...
I made the decals except for the UP herald and the black freight car data placards. I topped the car off with road ballast from Dennis Brennan. It is a fantasy car, but I am very happy with the finished product!
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That looks incredible!! Very nice!! Paul
T4TT you made a very good looking ballast car. I now want to build one for UP. I made a ballast car a few months ago, some what like the one in your
pictures. Here's a few pictures for the way I made it....
Cut off bottom doors and glued on flat styrene plate.
Made new bottom ballast doors. Did not add extra details to the doors or the bottom of the car.
A few more pictures.....
Bottom doors, centered over the rail.
rebuilding a car into a ballast car.
For a Union Pacific MOW train a person can order an undecorated Atlas O ACF COALVEYOR gondola to stand in for a similar Berwick gondola.
Andrew
Keith,
You did an excellent job on your scratch built hopper. I thought about trying to modify my hoppers like you did, but bailed on the project, as it seems my list of train room to-do's is getting longer than my wife's list of things for me to get done! You did a great job!
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