PS2 2-bay cov. hopper wheel size?

[Chris1274]

I'm changing out the plastic wheels on my Atlas PS2 2-bay hoppers to metal ones. Should they get 33" or 36" wheels? (And does anyone know if there's a comprehensive source for info like this?)

-Chris

[Ike the BN Freak]

33" cars aren't 100ton cars needing 36"

[nkalanaga]

50 and 70 ton cars almost always get 33 inch wheels.  There are a few weird exceptions, but it's generally safe to assume here.  Usually, if the CAPY line in the weight data is less than 180,000, it's 50 tons and 33 inch wheels.  Of course, there are a few cars that are so heavy, empty, that that fails, and you have to go by the Gross Rail Weight, the sum of the LT WT and LD LMT, which, in the 60s and 70s at least, was 263,000 for a 100 ton car.

[bbussey]

Atlas is extremely good at using the correct diameter wheels on their models. So simply replace the existing wheels with the same diameter.

As already stated however, PS-2 hoppers ran on 33" wheels.

[Chris1274]

Very good, thanks