Roanoke Rail walk

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Pete -

The H-1s like their predecessor HMs and HPs were part of the coal fleet (See 
Andrew Dow's book).  Towards the end of their lives many of them were in 
non-revenue service, mostly hauling cinders.

EdKing
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Subject: Re: Roanoke Rail walk



> Thanks for the education.  What kind of lading were the flat bottom

> doors used with?

>

> pete groom

>

> On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:58 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

> . . .

>   They're old, but not THAT old. Class H-1, late-'30s second-time

> rebuilds

> of N&W's original steel HM and HP hoppers built circa 1909-1915. They

> have

> flat-bottom doors, not clamshells.

>

> David Thompson

>

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