N&W Railway Spittoon (eBay 290229411884)

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I sold several in my store on consignment.  For what's it's worth, I was 
told by the owners, who were usually retired railroaders, that they were 
cast in N&W's foundry.

Sam Putney

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> Frank

>  I do not know about the cast iron ones but the Aluminum ones for sure 

> were

> cast at Roanoke by the N&W

>

> Larry Evans

> Kenova, WV

>

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> May 14, 2008

>

> Hello, all!

>

> Regarding N&W cast iron spittoons, does anyone know if these were produced 

> by the N&W foundry at Roanoke, or were these procured from another source? 

> An example (recently sold) is shown at:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290229411884&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123

>

> Thanks,

>

> Frank Scheer

> f_scheer at yahoo.com

>

>

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