Hobbyist MisFitRailSystem
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This Copper Range steel rock hopper was built in the 1910s by Western Steel Car & Foundry Co as the second batch of 75 total cars. These were often used to haul stamp sand from the mills to dump sites. Their arch bar trucks were retained through their entire life, meaning they could not leave the Copper Range after 1939.
This model is built from…
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While doing a little testing for a project I have on the bench, I figured I’d try out a couple other pieces to see if they’d work.
This is a 7″ radius curve, which the East Penn Traction Club states as the minimum radius for all interurban equipment on street trackage with radial couplers.
Standard freight cars up to 40′ were listed as maxed…
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