Model Railroading > Prairie Shadows CN Trenton Works 5250 covered hoppers

Prairie Shadows Model Railway Co. is currently shipping their HO scale Trenton Works 5250 covered hoppers decorated for Canadian National. The models have a build date of 1995-1996, since I model CN in 1997 and live about an hour away from the site of the old Trenton Works plant I had to have a couple.

I painted the trucks and couplers on my cars and gave them a light weathering to represent two years in service. They are beautiful models, one car had a couple of stirrups glued on a bit crooked and the other one had no issues at all. High marks for design and decoration. The cars come with Kadee 158 couplers installed so that was a bonus.

Thanks for looking.

Andrew C



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/24 13:18 by andrewcastle.

---

---

Thank you Andrew for the reminder about these hoppers! I just placed an order for 6 models.

~ Mr. MRL

Nice car except too bad they did not incloude etched metal walkways 

The walkways are indeed etched metal.

Andrew C

Andrew,
Nice job. Only top notch modelers paint couplers...And know how to paint them so they work correctly.  I think it looks great and is easy to do while weathering..

andrewcastle Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
>
> I painted the trucks and couplers on my cars and
> gave them a light weathering to represent two
> years in service.