detailing tender and hopper coal

Model Railroader Prototype information for the modeler
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I can’t place the issue that shows how to detail hopper and locomotive tender coal piles. Help me Obewan, you’re my only hope.
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Well a search with the Magazine Index (see very top of the page) turned up the following possibilities:

Economical coal loads for hoppers
Model Railroader, June 1990 page 95
Article also published in Freight Car Projects and Ideas , page 63
( “BONTRAGER, DAVID”, COAL, HOPPER, LOAD, FREIGHTCAR, MR )

Loading N scale coal cars
Model Railroader, May 2000 page 97
Making realistic loads for hoppers and gons
( COAL, HOPPER, “KOHLMANN, KEITH”, LOAD, FREIGHTCAR, N, MR )

Or try one of these threads over on TrainBoard:

http://www.trainboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/13/t/001332.html?

http://www.trainboard.com/ultimatebb.php/ubb/get_topic/f/9/t/005685.html#000000

Hope that helps a bit.

Regards

Ed