" ...And Justice For All. "

Box Cars:   86'60'50'40' Covered Hoppers:   Two BayThree BayFour Bay Auto Racks Scale Text Cars
Gondolas:   Coal GondolasCoil Steel Cars Open Hoppers:   Three BayFour BayBallast/MoW Cabooses Locomotives
Conrail Index Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index

Conrail Ballast Hoppers

Check out one of these cars in a Penn Central scheme.

Also be sure to check out Mike Rose's multi-part article on modeling these classes of cars starting in the November 2002 Railroad Model Craftsman.

CR 50650
CR 50650
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CR 50650
CR 50650 resting on a siding at Pearisburg, VA in August 2002.
Some detail shots:
The ACI Label (0 190 050650)
Consolidated Stencil (BLT 5-54)
Truck sideframe
The AR corner
straight-on view of side lettering
Another 3/4 shot

CR 51691
CR 51691
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CR 51691 CR 51691 at Pearisburg, VA in August 2002.
A couple of detail shots:
A End
Ballast Gate closeup
Truck Sideframe closeup
3/4 shot of right side
Another 3/4 shot of left side

CR 51731
CR 51731 CR 51731 CR 51731 was at Yards, VA on 1 January 2002. This 2003cf, class H34D car was built 12-58.

The requisite detail shots:

Side Lettering
The ACI Label (0 190 051731)
Consolidated Stencil
Class stencil, CU FT, and U1 dot
Top of B End

CR 51842
CR 51842
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CR 51842 CR 51842 at Pearisburg, VA in August 2002. This class H34B carr was bult 11-55 and rebuil5 11-78.
Again, some detail shots:
Consolidated Stencil
Reporting Marks
B End
Discharge gate near AR corner
Discharge gate near BR corner
Another 3/4 shot of right side
Another 3/4 shot of left side


Box Cars:   86'60'50'40' Covered Hoppers:   Two BayThree BayFour Bay Auto Racks Scale Text Cars
Gondolas:   Coal GondolasCoil Steel Cars Open Hoppers:   Three BayFour BayBallast/MoW Cabooses Locomotives
Conrail Index Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index

Joe Shaw -- joeshaw@krunk.org
Last update: Monday, 19-May-2003 21:54:29 EDT