Roanoke Rail walk

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Those hoppers are VERY old, with the fishbelly sides and clamshell  
doors.  I think that clamshells were on their way out by the  
mid-20s.  IIRC, from Dow's book, almost all steel hoppers built with  
clamshells were rebuilt with conventional hopper bottoms, losing  
their fishbelly sides in the process, fairly early on.

pete groom

On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:02 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

I visited Roanoke yesterday and made a few new discoveries.  I have  
also attached links to a few photos.  And, I have a few questions.

One, there are three old steam era coal hoppers outside the VMT yard  
tracks.  Did these come from the scrap yard where the "lost engines"  
are located?
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e168/signalyard/100_1704.jpg

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