the past comes to visit. VARR hopper

[victor miranda]

some time ago these were custom painted.
I kinda like them.

I found one on the bay.
They may well have been there all the time and I never tripped over one.

a post card from the bottom of the pencil drawer.

A photo in case you don't recall the car

[Glenn Poole]

I got one of those too, way back when they came out

[randgust]

Wow.  I remember that guy, he was a regular poster on the old Atlas board, had a wonderful concept and equipment roster developed.  Worked for Virginia Railway Express commuter services.   I think he had these commissioned to be printed.

[up1950s]

Got mine . Didn't Jerry go fishing for good , and dropped the railroad hobby , or switched scales ( kind a a fish thing also )?

[Mark5]

He pops on once in a while, was last on here a year ago (Feb 2014).

[Wlal13again]

Bought 2 of them.. very nice

[Spikre]

 
   like the 1 here also !!
  did think the modern graphics on the ancient H21 were odd, but  wasn't
  the theory they were bought cheap by VARR and rebuilt ?
   then He morphed into "Warfish" ?
   wonder if He is "Southern Snakehead" today ?
  fun times from the Atlas Forum.
      Spikre
       

[Roger Holmes]

Here's one of my two.

[Lenny53]

He was the one who originated the Thursday Proto Photo thread on the old Atlas foum.

[tom mann]

I miss @Virginia Atlantic .  Alex was a nice guy.

[up1950s]

I miss @Virginia Atlantic .  Alex was a nice guy.

Jerry is Alex mispelled 

[victor miranda]

this is funny to me...

I remember warfish.... and that the toxic avenger was involved also.

.... I guess a search of the old Atlas forum might yield clues...

cars to pull.
cars to pull
cars to pull
soon we have a train of
cars to pull

  I can go for a while...

[John]

Date Registered:
    October 07, 2006, 07:46:31 PM

Last Active:
    February 28, 2014, 10:57:55 AM

[Virginia Atlantic]

Sorry for the Necro, but I missed this when it was "fresh" and didn't want anyone to think I'd gone and died or somesuch.

It's nice to see these old cars, still love that old scheme, will always have a warm place in my heart, as will so many of the names here at Railwire (and back when at Atlas).

Sadly, I did give up the hobby many moons ago now, at least the scale version.  I'm 15 years in now working for the 1:1 scale (albeit not "on the road" as it were).

I still love me some trains, and I get the privilege to do schemes for the real things, be in real yards, help build real systems, and see them every day, etc.  Good times most days.

One of the funnest days as a train fan was seeing a N-scale model made commercially of something I designed the real-world scheme for.  Too cool.

But thanks for the kind mentions, don't think that guys like you all get forgotten.  You'll always have a friend out on the tracks (well, the office, but same difference).

Oh, and I still have an entire box of those old Hoppers, along with all the old VARR-painted equipment.  Maybe one day that VARR coal train will ride again!

[Spikre]

 
  nice to hear from VARR.
  when will VRE be arriving in Richmond ?
  Toxie:
  Toxic Avenger,,,Brian Fons.
  hope his radiation suit is still tight and working properly.
  Jeff Sauer 1957:
  any one hear from Jeff lately ?
   last heard from Him about 2 years ago.
  He was selling off N due to eyesight problems and moving
  back into HO.
   any Other familiar names from the Past heard from ?
     Spikre