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Chessie6459
Gauge Oldtimer
Cool, now I have seen the prototype!
I have 4 of these hoppers in HO, plus a couple of Klemme, Ralston-Jefferson, and Albert City.
I have 4 of these hoppers in HO, plus a couple of Klemme, Ralston-Jefferson, and Albert City.
I played little league baseball in Farnhamville, Iowa back in the early 80s. When I saw this car I had to put one on my layout. Farnhamville is a town in the flattest part of Iowa, it has about 150 residents but does have a huge cooperative grain elevator.
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Fred_M
Funny thing Tom, if you yahoo search Farnhamville in images you get 6 pictures, 3 are of you models. Didn't Athearns offer them in HO? Fred
dash10 said:
Now that is getting scary!
I have four Farnhamville hoppers. Three are MDC and one is Athearn. The Athearn is part of a ten car set (I think it was 10) of Midwestern Grain Co-op hoppers that were released as Walthers kits. I have several of the cars. Another pink one is the Albert City from that set. I have a couple of Klemme hoppers but without looking I am not sure if they are MDC or Athearn.
I plan to take a trip down to the BNSF yard here in Council Bluffs as there is always a long string of grain hoppers lined up to go south to Kansas City. I have spotted several Klemme pink cars and will look for some of the others. Hopefully I'll remember to take the camera along!!
Bob
Bob
I saw a very old and weathered looking pink Klemme hopper yesterday on the DME tracks between Rochester and Mankato. No camera on hand though.