NEB&W Guide to USRA-Type Twin Hopper CarsThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2007-11-10
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When I originally wrote this (Nov. 4, '94), there wasn't the Bowser GLa even announced, and I lumped in cars under the USRA types that now I would consider the Bowser kit a closer match.
This chapter contains ribbed 8-panel 30 foot twin hoppers, with sides that were between 10 feet and 10 ft. 8 ins. high. The fishbelly side hoppers (which could be kitbashed to model the USRA-type cars by cutting