North American Grain Hoppers
This is a series of covered hoppers for carrying grain. First is a 50t converted open-top coal hopper, as was sometimes seen in the 1940s and 1950s before dedicated grain wagons were developed. The second is a 4180 cubic foot ‘Airslide’ covered hopper built by General American Transporation Corporation in the 60s and 70s. The third is a 4550 cubic foot cylindrical grain hopper built by Marine Industries, Hawker-Siddeley, and National Steel Car for the Canadian Wheat Board.
50t Grain Hopper:
- Origin: United States
- Years 1952-1964
- Weight 21 t
- Capacity: 55 tons of plants
GA 4180 ‘Airslide’:
- Origin: United States
- Years 1963-1980
- Weight 30 t
- Capacity: 81 tons of plants
CWB 4550:
- Origin: Canada
- Years 1970-1990
- Weight 32 t
- Capacity: 92 tons of plants
- Skins include some generic colors and various Canadian Wheat Board and provincial-owned themes, minus logos.
All are available in USD.
More info:
https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/general-american-4180-airslide-covered-hopper/
http://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/2020/04/canadas-grain-fleet-covered-hoppers.html
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Model and textures by superplunger.
Thanks to AlexDad and LovelyPL for the guides, and thanks to michaeldoll1996 for the tip.
If you’d like to see another vehicle made, feel free to leave any suggestions. I’ll be focusing (mostly) on Western vehicles that have been exported to Eastern Europe, and older equipment to help make early starts more fleshed out, especially pre-1960.
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