Tom, Bill,
The utmost ribs on the sides of the early PS hoppers (class HC-2, #
85000-85029 and 85050-85064) were of a channel type while on
the later cars (class HC-3, # 85100-85199) these were hat-type ribs. The
HC-3 cars also had 4 inch taller sides, resulting in
a slightly larger capacity (3219 cuft vs 2983 cuft).
HC-2's 85015-85029 were later (1965) outfitted with 100t roller-bearing
trucks and repainted black. A pic of such a car is on page 83 of the CB&Q
Color Guide.
Hope this helps.
Ben de Vries, Holland
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hirt" <whirt@sbcglobal.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Q PS Covered Hoppers
>I need to hunt down the article again, but I believe the difference is
> in the exterior post pattern on the cars. I understand that Athearn's
> research department has a great deal of photos and data on the cars that
> were built. So we'll just need to see what happens.
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> Bill Hirt
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> thommack wrote:
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>> I haven't gotten the RMJ article yet. What are the major differences
>> between the pre-April '57 cars and the post-April '57 cars? Its a
>> shame that the Athearn car is not being released in Q yet, but they
>> seem to be pretty good at putting out Q stuff, so expect they will be
>> coming.
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>> BTW, I have a couple of contacts at Athearn if anyone has good color
>> pictures of the Q PS's I would be happy to pass them on.
>>
>> Tom Mack
>> Cincinnati, OH
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>> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bill Hirt <whirt@s...> wrote:
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>>>... The Athearn car will represent a pre-April 1957 version. The
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>> Walthers car will represent with post April 1957 version...
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>>>Bill Hirt
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