those of you wishing to scratchbuild the car, an excellent set of
plans for #346 were drawn by John Robinson, and published in
March/April, 1979
Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette
(now
out of print). Copies of the plans are available from the NMRA
library for nominal fee.
The modern era
The Hancock and Calumet cars
In 1902, the East Broad Top made its first and only venture into
the used freight car arena when they purchased 40 hopper cars
from the Hancock and Calumet Railroad. The railroad was one
of several narrow gauge shortlines serving the copper mines
in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The most famous of these
was the Quincy and Torch Lake. The Duluth, South Shore and
5
5. Red Ball hopper similar to the Billmeyer and Smalls
hopper used on the East Broad Top in service at coke
ovens on my layout.
