41'Ballast Hopper

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The prototype Walthers used for this run matches a photo of a ballast hopper 
found in Jim Nichols' N&W Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Cars, by 
Morning Sun, which can be found on page 127, which is an example of a H46A. 
The lettering is what Walthers matched, and the road numbers they use 
reflect H46A class cars. The car that they used is not exactly 
prototypically correct, but is a close-enough.

I'm not sure who the prototype manufacturer was, NS didn't re-paint that 
onto the cars that I have photos of. In looking through my collection, I've 
only shot the H46, which appears to be an exact match to the subsequently 
built H46A's. Maybe Bob Bowers can answer that question, my guess is that it 
was built by Greenville / Trinity. (Walthers didn't put a manufacturer's 
logo on their car either.)

According to internal NS information that I have, all of these cars have 
been repainted and re-lettered into NS. Their original road numbers, classes 
and new road numbers are below:

Car Class	Original # Series	New # Series	Qty
H46	544100-544244	994600-994744	145
H46A	544245-544365	994745-994865	121

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Russ Goodwin


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>Subject: RE: 41'Ballast Hopper

>Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:29:47 -0500

>

>I don't have a Walthers catalog (and don't want one) so I cannot speak

>to the accuracy of the model to the prototype, but the 1970's N&W had a

>fleet of dark MoW green ballast hoppers.

>

>Like the man said when asked if he believed in infant baptism, "Believe

>it??!! Lady, I've SEEN it!

>

>Guess these cars are orange , now.

>

>G Rolih

>Cincinnati

>

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>Did N&W really have green 41' Ballast hoppers as per

>Walthers ad in March issue of Model Railroader? (Page 23)

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