Modeling the two-bay cars can be easy, if you are in the right
scale. The original 10 cars are available from Funaro and
Camerlengo as a cast resin kit in HOn3. These are upgrades
from the original flat-casting kits and have a one-piece body,
making for much quicker construction. This is the 25’ 9” car.
Bachmann has offered this car in On30, which I have seen con-
verted to On3, but it is not available in the current catalog. To
the best of my knowledge, I have not seen these cars offered in
On3 or Sn3.
Two-bay short rock cars
In 1930, the East Broad Top built four short two-bay hopper
cars for rock service. Rock service on the EBT meant ganister
rock, which was used in the production of refractory brick by
brick producers in Mt. Union. The cars were 22’ long and 7’
7” wide, and had a 30-ton capacity. There were four numbers
8
8. East Broad Top Hopper 805 in the original lettering
scheme modeled in HOn3. This is the cast resin kit from
Funaro and Camerlengo. Funaro and Camerlengo photo.
