Whar kind of hoppers are these?

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NYSW F45

NYSW F45

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I dont know what kind of hoppers these 3 are. Can someone help me out in telling me what kind and who makes them in HO?

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1, trinity hopper athearn makes one
2, plastic car, whalters and i think atlas makes them
3 older style 3 bay, accurail makes a car close to that
 
The first one is a trinity covered hopper.

The last two look like American Car Foundry (ACF) 3-bay centerflow hoppers to me.
 


not sure if the graffiti is of any interest but i think the person who did the first one did this also.

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I'll go out on a limb here and suggest these cars must have sat somewhere for a very long time!
That second car is actually kind of nice.
 
#1 is built by ARI (successor to AC&F), early-mid 2000s design. Not Trinity. No models exist in any scale.

#2 is an ACF centreflow plastics hoppers. Atlas just came out with some similar cars in HO. The Walthers plastic pellet car is a National Steel Car prototype. Different car.

#3 is a relatively modern (1990s-2000) hopper built by Trenton Works (Greenbrier). No one makes a model of this.
 
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I'd say they sat somewhere for a really long time! :) The second one almost looks like commisioned art. It's interesting that the second car, which was done by someone with some real artistic talent, was also done carefully, so it didn't obscure the reporting marks or warning markings. The first one just covered the whole car, and his worked got tagged over by other gangbangers. The third one just looks like typical grafitti "art" but this guy also painted over everything, including the reporting marks. The BNSF hopper looks more like the work of the guy who did the season's greetings car. Notice that he was also careful not to cover any of the reporting marks, data, and even the reflective tape at the bottom. Although I'm not a big fan of any grafitti, it's nice to see that some taggers realize that some of the markings on the cars are important.
 
well they may not have exact matches in HO but the other models that look similiar would do. I want to try my hand at the first one.
 


If they are grain cars, they sit most of the year on sidings by grain elevators before the fall harvest rush is on. I don't know how many covered hoppers I saw last summer while on vacation back in Illinois just sitting on sidings in every small town along the CN (old IC) mainlines. The taggers have unlimited time and access to these cars.
 
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