N&W Coach 1724

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Sad! That was the car that the local railroad historical group got  
from the RR. I didn't know it was still in Hopewell! The last I heard  
was that Jack Showalter wanted to use it in his train, but then he  
went south...


Walt


On Dec 19, 2007, at 9:05 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but... I was working in  

> Hopewell, VA this week and lo and behold underneath the 6th Street  

> Bridge sitting on the scrapyard track is Norfolk and Western Coach  

> 1724 in very poor condition with windows broken out and seats  

> scattered everywhere.  I climbed on board and toured through the car  

> and noticed that it had red seats, green seats and tan seats in no  

> particular order.  And I also discovered that it only had one  

> restroom facility.  The exterior of the car was very rusted but  

> still dipicted the traditional N&W tuscan red paint scheme with  

> yellow lettering.  In the top corners was the reporting marks SVRS.

>

> I am interested in the modern history of this car...who does it  

> belong to...what are their plans...or is it going to scrap.

>

> Gary Price

>

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