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Hmm... not sure I agree. At least not totally. It's muddy, and different railroads use different terms, as do different car manufacturers. I spent some time chasing my tail starting from www.nmra.org but didn't come up with anything definitive. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz wrote: What you have failed to consider is the hopper/gondola hybrid, which looks like a cut-off hopper car. Of course, I would defer to Lar for definitive details;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Must have misunderstood me. Those ladders are even farther from the mark, IMHO. Try going back to the plate with side rod, but put a brick between each two "rung" plates instead of just a plate. Or at least 2 plates between each two rungs... (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The most definitive thing I see as characterizing a gondola v.s. a hopper is that hoppers are tall and gondolas are short. Gondolas with bottom doors/chutes are usually refered to as drop bottom gondolas. (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, When it feels good build and keep building. However I think these colors don't work as well. Black is a really hard color to model with. But I strut the green stripe. I come from the old days when green was rare and orange didn't exist! I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's probably a gon. I think the defining characteristic of a hopper is that it has bottom doors. However there is some muddyness... In particular, you often will hear unit train cars called hoppers, but they have no bottom doors/chutes, they (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yup, that would be a gondola. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry shield: Is this a gondola not a hopper??? SteveB Steven Barile wrote in message ... (...) fact (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I just added a couple shots of a new hopper car. Not much to it, in fact I'm sure I saw this technique before, but I'm not sure who from. The only stroke of gray matter is the gray stripes, they seem to set off the thin wall bricks. My last (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Taryton. But not old enough to remember how to spell it;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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The flag "ice block door" is an interesteing detail I hadn't thought about. I'll give it a try. SteveB (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry for the confusion This is the full URL (URL) it doesn't work try going to www.pnltc.org or directly (URL) Thanks for all the interest. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Interesting - I'm using Navigator 4.06 and I get a "Your browser is forbidden to access this page" error Is Steve limiting access to IE only? Paul Sinasohn, who would rather fight than switch (and is anyone else old enough to remember that slogan?) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) His hyperlink didn't work:-) Click here> (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Excuse my ignorance, but what do I do with this address? (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) week. (...) Worked on a modification to the roof-line: both above the front control cab and above the upperdeck windows. Pictures at above link. For the area above the front control cab, I wanted to try to get the gray color to "drop" down to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think I'd use the 2x2 flag attached to one of those 1x2 plates with side rod and just have it sit on top of the sloped roof. Not very precise but conveys the notion. (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I couldn't get a look at it so can't answer now. (...) "dubbledekker" (...) Dutch (...) The Dutch railways operate two types of doubeldeckers. One type (for 'long' distances[1]) is pulled by the dutch loco which James build (1600 series- off (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice box cars, Steve. I like the doors and use of the tiles. It looks like the doors really slide open. Ashley (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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