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I'm trying to find out exactly WHAT kind of car this is:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=868098

 From the website, it gives a class and some other info, but I'm not sure how any of that correlates to the kind of car it really is:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=257919

 So my second question is going to be if any of you know of any n scale model of this car.

Time to build up a nice BNSF taconite hauler!  Laughing


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Submitted by Bob on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 14:10.

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It's an ore car. Says that

It's an ore car. Says that right on the page. Are you asking for the builder and such?

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Mon, 03/10/2008 - 16:19

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I know it's an ore car, what I'm looking for is some way to reference that ore car to an n scale model, or a close approximation of it.  For example, the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range runs 70-ton ore cars that Atlas makes a model of.  Here's a picture:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=942276

The BNSF cars are quite a bit different, and I'm looking for a way to model them in N scale.



Mon, 03/10/2008 - 19:22

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I've seen a couple books on

I've seen a couple books on BNSF rolling stock, that would be a good resource to check. You might also want to check various rail car manufacturer web pages as it seems to be a fairly new car. There are also a number of e-mail lists and forums specific to BNSF that would probably have the information in their archives.

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Mon, 03/10/2008 - 20:17

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It's a single bay hopper with belly dump.

It is a single bay hopper with a belly dump. Can be used for ore, heavy materials or what have you. I think if you look for hoppers, you should find something similar. I did a quick search with google and came up with lots of hits for 2 to 6 bay hoppers. You may even want to look at kit bashing.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Jim R


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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 09:59

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I may have spoke too soon,

I may have spoke too soon, the second link on your original post says in the description that it is a two bay hopper. The reason it is so compact is because it is designed to carry heavy material.

Again, cheers,

Jim R


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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:03

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Okay, last post on this

Okay, last post on this subject, I promise.

Here is an n scale car that fits the bill:

http://www.canadianscalerail.com/product_info.php/products_id/1331?osCsid=f63760115e43fd3b9484d9ae0b4a77c1

Cheers,

Jim R


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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:05

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Thanks Jim

Hey Jim,

The link you provided in your last post is the Atlas 70 ton ore car, which is a slightly different model than what I'm looking for.  The BNSF ore car appears to be a 90 ton ore car, a bit longer, and has the outside ribs on it.  The Atlas 70 ton ore car is a model of the link I included in my second post:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=942276

My hunch is that at the very least, this would be a kitbashing exercise.  It's not something I've really done before, so of course, I'm looking for the RTR easy way out.  Laughing

I'm not sure if it'd be easier to kitbash the Atlas 70 ton, or cut this one shorter and change the bottom to a longitudinal discharge:

http://www.nscalesupply.com/MTL/MTL-125000.html



Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:50

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No problem. Sometimes I

No problem. Sometimes I look but don't see.

Cheers,

Jim R


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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:41

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