Roanoke Rail walk

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Yep, those hoppers are so old the paint has rusted clean off of them.  Either that, or they were sandblasted a long time ago and never primered.  (I kind of doubt that.)
  Look here and you can see the outline of the old N&W lettering on the center car.
  http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e168/signalyard/100_1705.jpg
   
  Of course, I don't know how old because I don't know beans about rolling stock.  (...now, if it were a block signal on the other hand...)  Well, you get the picture.
   
  It'll be nice to see those cars back in their original N&W paint again one of these days, whenever that is.
  Ben Blevins
   
  

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
  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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