Class H9 Hoppers

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Thanks Ken. I checked Google and Bing Live maps and I can see a N&W hopper attached to the #7 in the Bluefield City Park. You can't zoom in close enough to say for sure but it may be a two bay style. So it could be an H9. I will try to find a way to confirm it.  Spencer and Bluefield are about the same distance from me. I'll plan to make a trip to one or the other location and take some photos.

Thanks again,

Kevin Byrd
Chesterfield, VA

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> On Jun 4, 2015, at 7:58 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Kevin
> 
> There is an H9 at North Carolina Transportation Museum, I provided art for stenciling it. I believe there is also one at Bluefield on display with No. 7.
> 
> Ken Miller
>> On Jun 3, 2015, at 5:00 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
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>> I am working on modeling a N&W Class H9 Hopper. I have conducted much research at the N&WHS Archives, the Va. Tech library photo archives, own a copy of Dow's Coal Cars book and have nearly everything I need to complete my project. (Subsequently I have nearly finished a 3D CAD version modeled in Solidworks.) However, I am a bit foggy on the details of the hopper door frames. It is a Wine Co. hopper door design with a cast frame and door.
>> 
>> Does anyone know if there are any existing H9 hoppers out there in the world that escaped the scrap yard. I could see where a community, especially one up in coal country may have a static display ... say in the town square or like place. If feasible I would like to visit where one might exist and look things over to help my understanding of the door frame design. I am not sure if that design was shared with other classes of hopper. If that is the case, an examination of an alternate class of hopper might be helpful also.
>> 
>> Any information would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Kevin Byrd
>> Chesterfield, VA
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