I was just browsing around looking for some interesting railroad things and found this noteworthy one. I am not sure how many people have heard of TY scale (I am sure most have heard of T) but it is small following I will have photos comparing T and TY scale sadly none of them together but they will give you the idea of size.

The largest of these is 4"x7"

I bought 20 of these in a box at an auction. I have had no luck figuring out what prototype they are supposed to represent. As far as the models they have no manufacturer's mark that I can find. I think it says "Austria" on the underbody so I'm guessing Rivarossi. Pizza cutter wheels in talgo trucks. Looking for the road numbers on photo archive web sites only tells me no one has posted anything in the range of any of the numbers I have on the cars. Any body seen something like this in real life?

Here are some hoppers carrying wood chips in 1984 of an Alco S1 in Quincy Railroad livery. I cannot make out what kind of car is being used to haul the wood chips from the lumber mill to the main line to be picked up by the WP.  Have looked on Google with no answers, they are UP & maybe Great Northern cars, dump cars. Could they be grain cars with their roofs removed?

Thanks RJ