[N Scale] Atlas to do N&W H-11a hopper in late "steam era" lettering

[NW Modeling List]

I think this is pretty cool - Atlas has announced they will be doing H-11a hoppers 92001 and 92090 in the late "steam era" scheme used on early H-11a hoppers in 1963 right before the "hamburger scheme" was adopted:

Image of the artwork:

http://download.atlasrr.com/Images/NFreight/n90ton/0109/90%20ton%20hopper%20N&W%2092001.jpg

Details

http://www.atlastrainman.com/NFreight/tmn90ton.htm

Prototype photo:

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns2125.jpeg

Apparently, these were the last coal hoppers painted in the late steam era scheme. On page 65 of the N&W Color Guide to Freight And Passenger Equipment there's a pic of 92464 in the "steam scheme", so we can safely conclude that 92000 thru 92464 were in the same "steam" scheme. By the time 92863 was built N&W was painting them in the "hamburger" scheme (per photo in Dow's book).

Mark Peele
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