Re: 1902 coal car lettering details

Posted by Ron Rudnick on
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Jim:
As for there being a difference between the trucks of the UP built 27' cars and the 30' Peninsular cars, I would suspect that there probably is.  After all the 30' cars had a capacity of 20 tons over that of 14 tons.  
But when building models we only have three choices, the CC and the DSP&P "A" and "B"
At present I have half a dozen 24' Ohio Falls cars on the work bench.  The closest looking truck is the DSP&P 27' truck, which is way too big.  

As for #3250, it was acquired from the South Park & Leadville Short Line, and possibly built by the United States Rolling Stock Company