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 Posted - June 04 2025 : 2:44:15 PM
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Is his Mantua? I acquired this hopper with some other vintage Mantua, Varney, and Athern rolling stock. They all had Mantua hook & loop couplers.
This hopper is all metal. The three outlet gates are levered together and spring loaded shut. The gate next to the spring has a tab that when pushed opens all three gates. I assume something in the center of track rails would operate this mechanism.
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Posted - June 04 2025 : 9:57:56 PM
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I believe this is an Ulrich model.
1961 catalog:
https://hoseeker.net/Ulrich/ulrickcatalog1961pg3.jpg
Unassembled kit photos:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ho-scale-ulrich-texas-orleans-bay-4812598155
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Posted - June 05 2025 : 11:10:33 AM
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| Definietly Ulrich. The construction is typical of their hopper kits, and they were the only ones to offer a 3 bay offset side hopper until Roundhouse came out twith their model in the late 1970s. Everybody else offered the much rarer 4 bay hopper.
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