Class H9 Hoppers

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Kevin there is a two bay hopper in the Bluefield City Park labeled H9. Cal 
Reynolds..
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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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