Cylindrical Hoppers, have they gone away

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Most of the Canadian H-S cylindrical hoppers were delivered new between 1979 and 1985 so they still have service life in them. I think National Steel Car Company did another run for the Canadian Government in 1989 so they would be the newest ones in use.
 
thanks for the info on this, I have all the IMRC CNW's made in the green and grey in addition to 5-10 others (Procor, ATSF & CN). The color scheme of the CNW engines is the most attractive in my opinion and while not a prototypical NAZI, Running the 90's e& early 2000's gives all the options of the pre-merger days and the diffing colors.

Modeling KC you saw about everything, I just didn't realize the hoppers were going away especially since you still see so many others that are of the same age in service.
 
cv_acr said:
Bob, those cars are all brand-new centreflow type cars. Not quite the same as the cylindricals that are being asked about.
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I assumed they were just newer versions of the old crapped out CN covered hoppers that we used to see locally until just recently. These cars do have three hoppers underneath, I assumed that centreflow cars had (or used to have) one central hopper. I don't know anything about them, just trying to gain knowledge for myself. Here's a cropped version of one of my shots showing the three hoppers:

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Bob, the Centerflow name is sort of confusing. ACF patented the design to have the inside of the car curve down to the center of each bay, making the material easier to empty by gravity flow, thus the Centerflow name. They are made in two, three, and four bay models. The one in the picture is a three bay, the most common model.
 
UP2CSX said:
Most of the Canadian H-S cylindrical hoppers were delivered new between 1979 and 1985 so they still have service life in them. I think National Steel Car Company did another run for the Canadian Government in 1989 so they would be the newest ones in use.
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Thanks for the info I'm considering getting a couple of the Canadian hoppers myself.
 
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