Clinchfield hoppers
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 8:17 pmIn anticipation of the new Clinchfield Route a few SS JR 100 ton hoppers.
Nice work. Saw tons of these hoppers rolling through Spartanburg, SC.
Harry
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 9:42 amExcellent stuff Buzz!
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 9:55 amIf you or anyone else for that matter has any cool pictures of Clinchfield hopper I'll try to get as close as I can in a re-paint.
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 10:13 amWell, not just hoppers, but ......
Clinchfield versions of the rolling stock in the Kingwood Branch Route would be period perfect for transition period stuff. (‘Cause personally I’m running some big steam on this route as well.). There’s lots of B&O and C&O stuff in that one that could be used for NW, Interstate, Southern, V&O as well. The pictures I have in a book show Clinchfield coal trains mixing 70 and 100 hoppers up through 1980’s.
Attached is stock report on the Clinchfield.
Clinchfield versions of the rolling stock in the Kingwood Branch Route would be period perfect for transition period stuff. (‘Cause personally I’m running some big steam on this route as well.). There’s lots of B&O and C&O stuff in that one that could be used for NW, Interstate, Southern, V&O as well. The pictures I have in a book show Clinchfield coal trains mixing 70 and 100 hoppers up through 1980’s.
Attached is stock report on the Clinchfield.
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 2:43 pmI don't usually do photo reproductions but this one was too good to pass up. 
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 4:42 pmLooks like it has had heavy use and been patched. Looks awesome!
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 4:43 pmNice work, Buzz
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 5:34 pmThat’s a good looking car Buzz....
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 4:39 pmLooking very nice. Will be a great asset to the route.
Interestingly, on the Clinchfield video I mentioned on the DTG thread, as late as 1992 a lot of the coal hoppers still had ‘CLINCHFIELD’ lettering. Some had lost the ‘CL’ and only had ‘INCHFIELD’ on the sides. All had CSXT reporting marks although one (#343085) had a ‘CSTX’ mark!
Interestingly, on the Clinchfield video I mentioned on the DTG thread, as late as 1992 a lot of the coal hoppers still had ‘CLINCHFIELD’ lettering. Some had lost the ‘CL’ and only had ‘INCHFIELD’ on the sides. All had CSXT reporting marks although one (#343085) had a ‘CSTX’ mark!
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 4:58 pmbuzz456 wrote:In anticipation of the new Clinchfield Route a few SS JR 100 ton hoppers.
Those reskins came along very nicely. Keep up the great work. Are you going to reskin any of the SD40-2s or just the rail cars?
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 5:10 pmGoldeneye48 wrote:buzz456 wrote:In anticipation of the new Clinchfield Route a few SS JR 100 ton hoppers.
Those reskins came along very nicely. Keep up the great work. Are you going to reskin any of the SD40-2s or just the rail cars?
I'm going to wait and see what comes out with the route before I do much more. Then we will see.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 10:58 pmNice! Gonna put them to work as soon as the Clinchfield route is released. 