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IC hopper kit update!

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IC hoppers are available!
IC hoppers are available!

The Illinois Central HO scale hopper car kits are back in production. Thanks for your patience while we ironed out some production difficulties.

If you have kits on order, we’ll be shipping those first. Check out the web page for all the info. These hopper kits are $36 each, plus shipping. Decals are included. Please use the link on the web page to place your order.

And don’t forget our new boiler load and grain bin castings! These have been selling well but won’t be available forever. The boilers are shipped two per kit, while four grain bins are in a kit. More details on our website.

Thanks to all of you have have supported Resin Car Works. We have a great model in the works that many have been requesting. More details soon!

Frank

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End sill details

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These freight cars have three different couplers installed. At the far right are Kadee #5 with Kadee #58 on the middle two cars. The trip pin has been snipped on the C&O box car. The hopper at left has Accurail Proto:HO couplers installed without the trip pin.
These freight cars have three different couplers installed. At the far right is a Kadee #5 with Kadee #58 on the middle two cars. The trip pin has been snipped on the C&O box car. The hopper at left has Accurail Proto:HO couplers installed without the trip pin.

Blog manager Eric Hansmann steps in with some thoughts about details on the end of freight cars.

To snip or not to snip, that is the question. I’ve been installing couplers without trip pins for about a decade. Many modelers notice the missing trip pins and ask why would I do such a thing. In 2005, I realized I was not going to have a layout using magnetic uncoupling and the club layout where much of my equipment was in service also did not use magnetic uncoupling. Building models without trip pins was an easy personal choice. Click on any image here to review a larger size.

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Speedwitch Erie steel-sided rebuilds

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Craig Zeni has been working on an HO scale Speedwitch Media kit for an Erie steel-sheathed box car rebuild. Here are his notes.

The Erie Railroad embarked on a rebuilding program to convert a series of wood double-sheathed box cars to steel-sheathed cars in the early 1930s. The cars had welded plate steel side sheathing and flexible metal roofs installed. They retained the original doors, earlier braced ends, a vertical shaft handbrake, and an interior height of 8-foot, 6-inches. The rebuilt cars were numbered in the 70000-70999 series with 978 listed in the January 1943 ORER. A set of automobile cars was also converted in a similar manner but with a door width reduced to 6-foot. These were placed into the 71000-71567 series with 565 listed in the 1943 ORER. Speedwitch Media kit K121.1 represents the Erie 70000 series of steel sided rebuilds.

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