Early N&W Wood Hoppers - Model Railroader Magazine

Wouldn't we all.  Depends on what you mean by "early" and what scale.  The N&W had wooden hoppers in the 1890-1910 era.

The bad news is that the major model manufacturers have all but abandoned that era.  There hasn't been a new plastic model of a wood car produced in the last 30 years and has never been a mass produced model of any common wooden coal car model of any design for any road in HO.  There have been numerous laser cut wood or resin "craftsman" models made, but none of them are wood coal cars. 

Westerfield sells a couple varieties of early steel cars that would be appropriate for the late 1900's into the 1920's.

Westerfield also sells a PRR GG wooden hopper, that isn't like the N&W classes, it is a wooden hopper.

Dave H.