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Athearn HTw Hoppers 9 years 7 months ago #3571

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	Here is a pair of "old" Roundhouse examples as HTw.
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Athearn HTw Hoppers 9 years 7 months ago #3580

Nite Train James OFFLINE Apprentice Posts: 17 Thank you received: 1	Steve at Iron Horse graciously allowed me to examine these in detail. They are quite an improvement over the old Roundhouse cars, much nicer detail. Even though I already have way too many of this class for the era I model, I'll probably get some of these, too.....However, the Atlas 70 ton car is actually closer to the Reading prototype, I think. Comments?
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Athearn HTw Hoppers 9 years 7 months ago #3600

JoannaBill OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 422 Thank you received: 63	You're not the first person to make that suggestion, so most likely, you are correct. I personally don't have any of the Atlas cars, so I haven't made a comparison to my HTw photos yet. Great, I just gave myself another project.
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Athearn HTw Hoppers 9 years 7 months ago #3601

MrBill OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 169 Thank you received: 31	Other thread on this topic: www.readingmodeler.com/index.php/forum/m...dg-htw-hoppers-in-ho Athearn can add all the details they want, but for $27 msrp they could have cut a new master core. The rib detail is utterly ridiculous for a 2014 product. Depending on quantity, The much nicer Atlas cars are going for a far more reasonable $15 to $20 online.
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Athearn HTw Hoppers 9 years 7 months ago #3603

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	per a question from Mr. Bill..... The track embedded in asphalt directly in front the station lead to the below coal bins in Temple, which belong to Elvin A. Adams Coal & Fuel Oil. He was also the Agent at Temple. BTW, a recently discovered picture by Steve Gilbert is sending this structure back to the work bench for about four corrections.
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Athearn HTw Hoppers 9 years 3 months ago #4123

MrBill OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 169 Thank you received: 31	I picked up a atlas version. Here it is next to an old roundhouse version which is closer to the prototypes length of 40'-8" The atlas is about 43'
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