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[quote user="rrinker"]The MSRP on the Athearn site for the Model 40 is $69.95[/quote] They raised their prices, the current run is now $99.98 on the Athearn website. <a href="http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?PageSize=72&OA=True&SearchTerm=emd+model+40">http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?PageSize=72&OA=True&SearchTerm=emd+model+40</a> But that is besides the point.  The problem here is a 65' turntable where you really wish you had a 85' TT.  The Model 40 is probably also too long for this application in any case.  An alternate approach could be a incline track from the turntable and a winch with under table electrical motor.  The motor would have a small spool with thread attached to a weighted Talgo style truck with a Kadee coupler (or a idler car).   You would then use a momentary-off-momentary switch to pull the idler car up or down the incline to pull the covered hopper off of the turn table (or put it back on).
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