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HobartCharter Member · 690 posts

Hey ATSF fans, I need your help. Back in the day (circa 1975) the ATSF had unit coal trains that ran to the Kaiser steel mill in Fontana CA. Those hoppers were black or very dark blue with one end painted yellow with the cross herald. Looking from the side of the car it was about 4/5ths black and 1/5 yellow. Does anyone have a photo of one of these cars or know where I can git one? Thanks!

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RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, pwillard, Dec-10-03, 12:49 PM, (1) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, chazlee1, Dec-10-03, 01:41 PM, (2) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, SouthwestChief, Dec-10-03, 02:06 PM, (3) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, kevarc, Dec-10-03, 02:16 PM, (4) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, ATSF104, Dec-10-03, 06:58 PM, (5) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, pwillard, Dec-10-03, 09:43 PM, (6) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, Hobart, Dec-10-03, 11:17 PM, (7) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, pwillard, Dec-11-03, 06:44 AM, (8) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, Hobart, Dec-11-03, 10:11 AM, (9) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, Hobart, Dec-13-03, 00:55 AM, (10) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, ATSF104, Dec-13-03, 12:14 PM, (11) RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers, Hobart, Dec-13-03, 03:58 PM, (12)

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chazlee1Member since Apr-12-03 · 263 posts

RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers

Those are the ones I have seen....Thrall's with a reddish paint on the rotary end....with just the ATSF number markings in white...

Happy Rails,
Chaz
(BNSF Engineer)
<ATSF Coal Hoppers – image 3>

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SouthwestChiefMember since Sep-11-02 · 244 posts

RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers

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This should be what you are looking for. Unfortunately they are black + white. These come out of the great book "Santa Fe Heritage", by Stephen & Cinthia Priest (pages 176 and 177). Here is an excerpt detailing the cars, "The Ga-152 class of hoppers was the only set of rotary dumped cars purchased by the ATSF. The raised rib configuration made the application of the Circle Cross herald difficult to say the least. The "t" had to be placed on the rib and the black painted from the rib face to the car side. One wonders why the billboard "Santa Fe" was not placed on the side of the cars as well. Other classes of Ga cars carry the Cooper Black "Santa Fe" spelled out between the ribs. The four stylized Circle Cross reflectors were "crowded" onto the center section of the car."Hope this helps. ATSF Coal Hoppers – image 5
Matt

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/fdoti/index.html

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HobartCharter Member · 690 posts

RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers

The black and white photo is the beast I've been looking for. I couldn't remember the paint scheme that well since it's been over 20 years since they closed down Kaiser. THANKS guys. Now that I have a unit train, I need to build the steel mill. Fire up the RE, I'm goin in... p.s. Is that thrall hopper in the library?

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HobartCharter Member · 690 posts

RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers

LAST EDITED ON Dec-13-03 AT 01:04 AM (EST)

Thanks SouthWestChief for the Side shots and Info. I'm headed to Amazon to see if I can pick up a copy of that book! My color job sucks but its better than nothing. ATSF Coal Hoppers – image 17ATSF Coal Hoppers – image 18

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ATSF104Member since Aug-27-03 · 222 posts

RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers

good work hobart. will you be uploading a small batch of those in the FL? Just the thing i need to run with 3dtrains sd24's.-MattATSF GP60M #104 works on the local in Flagstaff, AZ.

3 votes in the ATSF Contest. Please vote the photo page is in the SS forum.

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HobartCharter Member · 690 posts

RE: ATSF Coal Hoppers

yup, After I add some LOD's and tweak the wag files.

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