Reprinted with permission from Ztrack Volume 3, Number 1 - February, 1997

Finally, North American Prototype Z Scale Hoppers!!!

Monee, IL ... Jerold Hodgkin has announced a new line of Z scale hoppers to be released to the public within the next month or two. Ztrack has seen the pre-production samples and we can say that they are very nice! The hoppers will be released as easy-to-build plastic kits with metal under frames. At this time, the cars will include Micro-Trains® wheel sets and a choice of Micro-Trains® or Märklin® style couplers.

Jerold will be producing three different types of hoppers to start with. The first one is a 70 ton hopper, second, a 70 ton H-10 triple hopper, and finally a 55 ton hopper.

Ztrack will have in the next issue complete information on the production series as well as pricing and ordering information.