Norfolk Southern grain hoppers? pics of kind we ne

I wonder why nobody has made any Norfolk Southern covered hoppers yet? The ADM, Cargill, CSX, ect all look really good. Ribbed side and rounded side, but NS has tons of these cars. Heres a few pics of cars I'm talking about.... , also need some CSYX ( Central Soya ) cars. (note: CSYX car photo not taken by me, others are mine)

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By the way, heres a few extra grain hopper shots I took that can be used to skin additional cars for variety. Plus a 6 axle tank car someone could do

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If you have good side views, Enocell has skinned a couple that I sent him pics of.Kevin Arceneaux
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Have you visited this site yet?http://www.alabamarailfan.com/msts/cars.phpThe CSX Grain Express car has already been done. AND he has blank skins for the ACF CenterFlow(tm) 2 - 3 and 4 bay hoppers available too.Hope this helps. Some nice photos BTW. Where were they taken if I may ask (a couple remind me of rural northwestern Ohio).Dave Mikulec (dmikulec@bellsouth.net)
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Those arent NS grain hoppers. They are the plastic pellet hoppers cause I see them everyday going to the Donora plastic plant with a few tankers followed by a Conrail U-Boat.

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Hate to burst your bubble marcus, but not one of those are plastic pellet cars. I work for NS and plastic pellet cars having pipe looking attachments on each end of the bays underneath for unloading, since they are unloaded through vacuum tubes and blew into silos. Grain cars do look simular, but they have a sliding hatch door to unload with, pellt cars do not, and they are also a longer car than a grain car. And, those picts were taken in NC. Most were taken sitting at the "feed mill" (not plastic transfer facility...lol) where they were being unloaded, and the others were taken on the road while being hauled back to the interchange with NS from the shortline.

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Hey I learned sumthing new today.

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Yeah, it's hard to tell from a distance. Just by the bays, otherwise they all look the same.

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But the ones I see are most definately Plastic Pellet hoppers. Cause there are no grain plants near.

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Long live the NS.Let's get those hoppers rolling.Claude Debnam
NS Conductor/Piedmont Division

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Conductor, PI division, cool. Thats where i'm at also, also conductor. Email me off board and let me know what area your from.

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I'm at cdebnam@bellsouth.net Drop me a line at this addy.

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I will repaint this one for you guys,I just need the NS logo.

AARON SSWGP60@HOTMAIL.COM

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Heres the logo, but you can find it almost anyplace.

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I am accustomed to other road names ,I found it on the NS website, but thanks.
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I'd like to see this one re-done myself. The one that was already made was done as a four-bay ACF Center Flow. However, all of the prototypes (such as the one in the photo) are three-bay Trinity hoppers. Contrary to what the round sides may lead you to believe, these Trinity cars are not Center Flows. Structurally, they have more in common with the ribside cars than with Center Flows; you can see the center sill running through the bays.Other owners of similar/identical Trinity cars:
BNSF (the default BNSF grain hopper was a half-a**ed attempt at one of these)NS (no lettering or logos, just reporting marks; I beleive these may have been purchased second-hand)
Edit: In one of the photo above, NS 294139 is one of these; the one with the logo (292734) is a Thrall car, which is a true center-flow design.Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern (I've seen these in both gray and yellow color schemes)Cargill (CGEX and CGOX)Staley (STLX, no logos)Southern Illinois Railcar (SIRX, most with logos)This probably isn't an exhaustive list; if anyone decides to build one of these, there will be a lot of paint-ups to do!

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Here it is. What do you think?
I am also considering 251066

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Very nice work, I hope to see it soonI work also on some grain cars (CP-SOO), acf-hopper isn't an easy car to reskin but a real challenge.

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I'm impressed, a good job for sure. Looking forward to downloading it. It you wanna do a couple of different versions (dirty or whatnot) then I can get you some good side shots probably wednesday, bout mid day if your interested. Also, since you done such a good job on that car, if ya wanna tackle that ribbed side hopper, that'll be fine too Thanks for doing it though!

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Let me butt in here to add my thanks. Beautiful job - will look good on the former Piedmont division of Southern - now NS of course.Mark
A Southern Railway Fan
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Sounds like fun. Thanks - I'll take you up on the photos. Is it possible for you to get a blue car like the one pictured in the photo - 251066?Appreciate the comments! AARON SSWGP60@HOTMAIL.COM

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Looks great, Any chance on an N&W version? Happy Rails Patrick

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Yeah, that blue car is an ADM car. But I can get you one of those too. I'm gonna shoot for trying to get it tommorow if I get off early enough. If I can, then I'll have them on here tommorow evening.

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Another hopper I would like to see is a Norfolk Western hopper car. These are seen quite frequently on the NS line running through Lafayette, IN.-bmw481

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>Looks great, Any chance on an N&W version? Happy Rails
>Patrick >Another hopper I would like to see is a Norfolk Western hopper car. >These are seen quite frequently on the NS line running through >Lafayette, IN.

Yes, I could do these but it will take some time, and Patrick could you give me a pic to work with.
AARON SSWGP60@HOTMAIL.COM

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Hi Aaron, Here are some pictures of some N&W hoppers in 2 styles.Hope this helps you Happy rails, Patrick

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Haven't got to get those pics yet, but I did take these today and these are NS cars too. Been rainy around here so I'll try to get that ADM car tommorow.

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Any updates on the progress on these cars your doing or when they may become available? (hint hint) Also, did these latest pictures help ya any?

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Those photos help a lot. I will upload when I get permission - probably in about a day or so.
I still am working on a few others.AARON SSWGP60@HOTMAIL.COMP.S. Sorry, I've taken a while to get back, I was out of town.



I have never repainted a Ribbed side hopper ,so this was a Test tell me what you think?

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ME WANT!!...NICE JOB!! Keep up the great work.
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They look great. I think Norfolk Southern also painted one with BIG JOHN in upper left hand corner. But I'm not sure. I'm sure someone will know. Scotty

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They do look really good, I will get you more pics as well. Really like your work. Also, I am still trying for the ADM car, been really busy at work this week so far, 12-13 hr days. Yes NS does have Big John cars, heres 2 pics. I didn't take either but I see these cars alot at work. Theres 2 versions, one was Southern's version...I don't really care for it and then the modern version. The Sou version is on the car that has the badly faded and dirty paint. It's in the corner on the left.

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Posted and forgot to include the pics....lol

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Ever find out when you might be uploading any of these. Really nice cars and hate for them to go to waste. I also posted a few new pictures in the other grain hopper topic if your interested. The other guy is after an NS PS2, so he's gonna do that one. I'm also still gonna get you that ADM car. But check those new cars out I posted!

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No response, but I'll try again. The other ACF cars I'll try later this week.
AARON SSWGP60@HOTMAIL.COM

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