Scale Trains Gunderson 3250 hopper

[GaryHinshaw]

Just announced, to complement the IM 3281 and Atlas 3230 hoppers:



These should be nice.  Also coming in HO.

[Englewood]

My sand train will be complete in no time!!!
Maybe I'll buy a pair of Santa Fe ET44s to pull them with? 

[mu26aeh]

Waiting for someone to make this model, slightly different 2 bay design

https://quadpeaks.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1207783

[GaryHinshaw]

^That NSC car would truly be an embarrassment of riches.  So with IM doing the Trinity 2- and 3-bay hoppers and now ST doing the Greenbrier 2- and 3-bays, maybe we could convince Aurora to do the (Canadian) NSC 2- and 3-bay hoppers.   

[GaryHinshaw]

As it happens, one of these NSC 2-bay hoppers was recently spotted at the Simplot Growers spur in Edison - one of the spurs on my layout - so now I want some too.   



Also, I completely forgot that North American Rail Car (NARC) already makes a 3-bay NSC hopper.  I just picked up some from them and it turns out to be an excellent model.  Alas they're only available direct from NARC, which is a bit of a hassle...  I suggested they consider making a 2-bay version as well.