I need some help on finding some information on these cars that I did over 40 years ago. They are two Corning hopper cars. The kit’s were from Ramax and the decals were from Herald King. I believe I got the idea from an article in Model Railroader back in the 1970’s IIRC. Anybody know if such an article or drawing exsisted in MR back about that time.
Here’s a picture of my two cars that I still have.
Any help is apreciated.
Bernd
I just search the archives, there are many articles on the ACF 2 bay covered hopper, but nothing specifically about Corning hoppers.
I’ve collected quite a few Ramax kits, trying to put together a refined frac sand train.
Mike.
I had quite a few of those Ramax covered hoppers, too, but all lettered for my freelanced EG&E.
I don’t recall anything about Corning covered hoppers either, and also checked through my RMC index, and found nothing on them from between 1975-85.
Wayne
It might have been in a paint shop article in the 70’s, I also built one of the Ramax cars and painted it for Corning.
It is a standard ACCF 2970 CF Covered Hopper.
Rick Jesionowski
If anyone besides Bernd (already chatting with him offline) has any prototype pictures of those Corning cars and information as to what they carried, it would be greatly appreciated if you could post it up.
If anyone has any of the more recently released Athearn RTR version of this Corning car you want to part with, please hit me up. [swg]
Mark.
My guess would be glass beads or other chemical products. Corning made glassware and later fiberglass insulation (later as Dow corning).
I have the Athearn ACF also and i have seen a real one too in Bessemer City NC at the Lithium plant.
I’d like to thank all you guys that spent some time looking for an article. I think I need to stay away from those adult beverages. [:P]
The reason I thought I remembered an article or drawing in MR was the fact I had used Floquil paints to paint the car and was thinking I got the mixture of paint from that article. Not so, it is on the decal instruction sheet, which I had saved. Below is a picture of that piece of info.
If you’re lucky to have those Floquil colors then you can get the right shade for the car. They also had a semi trailer with the same color scheme.
Mark, didn’t know you were a member here. Hope this helps with your painting. Now it’s on to trying to find those pctures I took of one in Corning 40 years ago. I’ll post the picture here if I ever find them.
Bernd
Corning has a glass plant in the southern teir in Corning NY down 390. I new a guy who lived there and painted his own Corning 2 bay hopper, I asume to copy those he saw. I visited that glass plant some years ago - they have tours. Athearn did a nicely detailed RTR version some yearsa ago.
We had a Dominion Glass factory in my hometown, and they received sand and/or silica, sodium cabonate, along with lime or calcium oxide, mostly in covered hoppers. There are other additives used in glassmaking, too, but my guess is that they’re not in quantities requiring covered hoppers.
Wayne
I found one color picture and description of NAHX 90408. She is a Pressure Differencial CF-2970 car with green trucks, series 90400-90409. Page 22 of RMJ January 1995 issue. Please visit THE TRAINLIFE.COM MAGAZINE ARCHIVE.
That is a great site! Thank you for the link.
Mike.
Both the 2 bay and 56 foot four bay hoppers were don in N scale.
I have the N scale version. I’ve been looking for another 2 bay & the 4 bay. I’ve seen a 2 bay in Oneonta NY near their other plant. Just wish I had a camera at the time. Well weathered. Might be for storage though.