Thanks Bob, I do have some B.T.S. 2 and 3 bay hoppers, but I wanted to come up with a lot of them like the EBT had. I bought a bunch of MDC HO hoppers for $7.25 each and used S scale EBT hopper decals that I bought from the Friends of the East Broad Top. The wheels were easy to regauge. The few differences are that the trucks aren't the Vulcan trucks used by the prototype and the HO hoppers have an extra rib. I was willing to cut a few corners to acheive my purposes. B.T.S. got me started, but has slowed down in producing EBT products due to lack of sales I suppose. Even though it's hard to model the EBT, it's not impossible. I wrote up my experiences at: http://royhoffman.com/pwrr/EBTinS <http://royhoffman.com/pwrr/EBTinS> I hope that some of the info is helpful.
Roy --- In [email protected], Robert Frascella <frascerj@...> wrote: > > Nice Job, Roy. Are those HO hoppers converted to Sn3? Very convincing. A long time ago (way before BTS entered Sn3) I attempted to model the EBT in S Scale. I started building EBT No. 15 using an HO Bowser 2-8-2 mechanism narrowed to Sn3. It's still in the "to be finished someday" box. For now I'm just focusing on S standard gauge, but not ruling out an EBT-ish branch line. > > Bob Frascella > Wenham, MA
