Con-Cor has just announced they are re-running their HO scale GATX airslide hoppers, this time as a fully factory assembled and decorated R.T.R. model. The great news is that they are doing the CB&Q
DaveThe Con-Cor Airslide is hardly a "rerun" of their original car. The Airslide was young Jim Conway's entry into the Model Railroad Industry (IIRC... there was also a USRA boxcar kit that might hav
My apologies...I should have used the word Return as Con-Cor does on their web page. Thanks for your clarification. Dave DaveThe Con-Cor Airslide is hardly a "rerun" of their original car. The Airsli
DaveI wasn't nit-picking your choice of words.... even Con-Cor's use of "return" is correct in concept only..... yes, they did have an HO Airslide... but the research material used as the basis for t
Author: "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@southernco.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:06:38 -0500
I have a Con-Cor Airslide hopper car, CB&Q #87543. I wonder if it is this original car kit, as it certainly looks similar to the picture on their website. I still have the box, which has an item numb
I think you are correct.... there was a plastic version. I disremember whose tooling it was but it was made by someone else and Con-Cor got the tooling. It wasn't on the market very long; must have h
? my inventory also lists a Con-Cor airslide but the road number i have listed as #87537--Scott notes a -3 after the Con-Cor product number that may indicate a 3 number run--i don't have easy access
I did run across the Fall-Winter 92-93 JMC Model Railroad Order Book which lists the following information about the Con-Cor HO Airslide Cars: "Con-Cor introduced their new Airslide car kits in the f