The Franklin & South Manchester Traveling Hopper Car

[jbvb]

That concludes my bit of old-time railfan fiction.  Haying and volunteering at Seashore Trolley Museum (near Kennebunkport, ME) have me pretty busy, but I should be able to get  F&SM 838075 to the proper interchange in the next day or two.

[S&S RR]

Very nicely done James. 

[tct855]

John,
      Haven't heard anything on the F&SM hopper car in a while.  Hope it wasn't lost in a derailment somewhere.  Where's it at these days and is it traveling to other great layouts and dioramas' some more?  Thanx Thom...

[S&S RR]

John,
      Haven't heard anything on the F&SM hopper car in a while.  Hope it wasn't lost in a derailment somewhere.  Where's it at these days and is it traveling to other great layouts and dioramas' some more?  Thanx Thom...

Thom


The F&SM hopper is currently in a yard hold, awaiting orders, in the Eagles Nest Yard on the Superior & Seattle RR. I plan to take it to the NG Convention next week where it will end up traveling on the layout tours.

[tct855]

K,  those should be some cool pics then. T...

[tct855]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg   

[tct855]

Did the F&SM hopper car make it back to George's yet?

[tct855]

Hey, where's the F&SM hopper car at?
                                                          Thanx Thom...

[S&S RR]

The Hopper made an appearance in the latest issue of Great Model Railroads. See Frank Baker's layout.

[S&S RR]

Since it's been more than a year since the hopper has been requested I will be packaging it up and sending it home to the F&SM.  Thank you George for opportunity to host the hopper on my layout and also I thank you for all of the other forum members that participated. This has been a fun project.


Here is the final list of layouts.




1. George Sellios on the Franklin & South Manchester
2. Jimmy Deignan's - Pennsy
3. Dick Ewell's - Hoosac Valley
4. John Siekirk's  - Superior & Seattle
5. Tom Langford's -  Atlantic & Southern
6. Greg DeMayo's - St. Louis and Denver RR
7. Bill and Kris Cutler's - The Pennsy, Six miles west of Altoona
8. Frank Baker's - Morristown & Erie Railroad - Western Division
9. Karl Scholz - A special build.
10. Bob Parish's - Boise Nampa & Owyhee
11. Jim Mueller - New Haven
12. Art VanDeWater's - Winona & Southwestern RY Co.
13. Mike Engler - Minnesota  14. David Gallaway - The land down under.15.  Dr. Jeff - Hawkeye Country
16. Frank Baker's - Morristown & Erie Railroad - Western Division
17. James - B&M Eastern Route

This thread is now closed.

Update 11/27/18: I reopened the thread to add the B&M Eastern Route to the list.  Sorry James operator error.

[S&S RR]

Updated the list of stops for the F&SM Hopper.