Model Railroading > SMD PD Hopper Review

I recently bought a Spring Mills Depot PD Covered Hopper and I thought I'd share it with you. The car (out of the box) is properly weighted, comes with metal wheels and very good trucks! The couplers are Kadee #5 but can easily be changed to #58's. For my car I removed the "CAPY 200000" info and changed the double COTS panels to the single one. I weathered around these items to intentionally look like it was changed by a shop. Other than that some graffiti, yellow reflective stripes, rust, dirt and the usual spilled load caked to the sides of the car was all I added to complete the project...... CSX ENG

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Looks great! Nice weathering for sure.

Nicely done! Great attention to the details. Spring mills does a great job with their cars, and you enhanced that with your artistry!

Joel Brazy
Coatesville, PA

inCHI Wrote:
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> Looks great! Nice weathering for sure.

Will second that, great job.

~Ryan

Looks real good! I'm trying to get motivated to do my Flexi-Flo, your photos helped.

Thanks, Bobby

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tankcarsrule Wrote:
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> Looks real good! I'm trying to get motivated to do
> my Flexi-Flo, your photos helped.
>
> Thanks, Bobby

Bobby, I even motivated myself by ordering a second car from SMD! Thanks to everyone for the comments!!

Getting ready to buy a bunch of those things...they are literally.....everywhere you look. If you model modern times give or take 10-15 years, and you don't have these on your layout, you should.