G Scale Canpotex Hoppers

Converting a set of LGB hoppers into Canpotex potash hoppers. The LGB hoppers are short, and work fairly well as 47' potash hoppers.

[@AlbertaBoundRailfanning]

Amazing work Shane, they turned out so good! Always cool seeing the behind the scenes. :)

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks Bricks. Glad you enjoy the builds. 🙂

[@seanmcgillicuddy956]

Shane quit making the rest of us look sooo bad ..great work as usual !

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks Sean.

[@todus2]

Great work as usual Shane .

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks Mike.

[@Mikey45013]

Beautiful work

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks Mikey. The only bad part is now I want a full unit train. :O

[@nsnjrailfan1617]

Those look amazing! The pictures you posted a few weeks ago do no justice to the amount of work that went into these. I cant wait to see them in revenue service

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks Vincent. I'm tempted to add a few more to the fleet. :)

[@nsnjrailfan1617]

@@CanadianrailroadsCa if you’ve got more LGB hoppers I say do it

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

@@nsnjrailfan1617 Not at the moment, but if I come across some more, I'll certainly be tempted to buy them.

[@jokensa]

love this. thanks for sharing. i am looking into a similar project

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks John. I'm looking forward to seeing your completed project.

[@ollisrailroad]

Cool idea

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks. You sure have a beautiful big layout.

[@navyf4s]

Excellent scratch building. Were do the sizes and dimensions come from? Do you take on apprentices? I could send my resume haha. Very impressive work.

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks Anthony. I was lucky enough to get to crawl all over the locomotives and rolling stock with a tape measure before I retired.

[@ingomoba1001]

🔨🛠👍 Nice Job🤩👍

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks. Glad you like them.

[@AikenkneesRailway]

Nice......!!!! 👍

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

Thanks.

[@DENVERRIOGRANDEMAN21]

Man I gotta learn how to make freight car

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

It's definitely a fun hobby.

[@jokensa]

i see a cylindrical hopper in your future

[@CanadianrailroadsCa]

How did you know John? I have two 10 foot pieces of 4" PVC pipe just waiting for me to tackle the project. :) I think designing them will be a challenge, but some year I'll tackle it. I plan on starting with a 40' Procor sodium chlorate car. Hopefully that will teach me enough to move on to the larger grain cars.