Model Railroading > Heavy on the Cement

I'm working on building a block of cement hoppers to run in my UP trains circa the early 1990's. So far I've acquired a 3-pack of the Athearn ACF Centerflow UP 2-bay covered hoppers. An Athearn car with the MP Screaming Eagle logo. An Intermountain ACF 2-bay MKT car with the large yellow letters, and two of the Walthers Trinity rib side 2-bay cars in UP. Wonder if there are any other cement cars that were typical in that time frame for a UP train? Keep in mind this is before the SP and CNW mergers.
Photo below to catch people's attention. UP's Nelson Turn heads back toward La Grande, OR heavy with cement from the Ash Grove Cement plant at Nelson, OR. Sept 23rd, 2005.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/24 14:54 by funnelfan.

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The Ash Grove plant at Inkom east of Pocatello had plain jane ACFX ACF 2970s mixed in with the UP cars. About 50/50 if I remember right.

There were (are) pneumatic cars that I still see on a regular basis. 

x6924w Wrote:
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> The Ash Grove plant at Inkom east of Pocatello had
> plain jane ACFX ACF 2970s mixed in with the UP
> cars. About 50/50 if I remember right.

Ashgrove Cement had it's own cars originally with TCMX reporting marks. I think I will attempt to design some decals to model these cars.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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WJEX Wrote:
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> There were (are) pneumatic cars that I still see
> on a regular basis. 

Yep, I have a couple of the Rapido Flexi-Flo hoppers that were used in cement service.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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You can always buy more of the Athearn style and change road numbers or buy suitable cars with other road names and use decals to put into UP ownership.
jb