NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 166, Issue 56

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N&W did operate some high capacity gondolas in addition to the experimental hoppers and gons. The class GK gondolas were a slab-sided design and rode on 6 wheel trucks. There were several hundred built in the mid-teens and operated into the early 1950s. Somewhere in my collection I have a DVD which shows some of these cars in service in the late 1940s and early 50s. As Ken mentioned there is information about them in chapter 5 of Andrew Dow's book N&W Coal Cars. -Ed Burnett, Lynchburg
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> Recent discussions with a friend on the VGN battleship gondola brought to memory of a 6 wheel hopper I thought was VGN, but could also be N&W.
> There were either photos or drawings in the ARROW, which I have gone through and found the VGN car, but not the style I am remembering.
> A friend of mine had his father cut the shape out of wood some years ago. I got 6 wheel trucks for them, but never finished them.
> Does anyone know or remember these cars, and where the drawing/photo was? 
> I know with all the talk of the manufacturers closing down, and really putting the squeeze on available models, has anyone considered 3D printing?
> I have quite a few hoppers, excavators, front end loaders ect that were 3D printed. I know they are not perfect and need extra attention, but after putting micro-train trucks under them, they look quite nice and work fine. 3D printing could offer unlimited items to manufacture, that otherwise would never be made except for scratch building.
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> PS in the March/April 2006 issue of the ARROW, mine came with 2 front covers, so if your issue is missing its front cover, I have it.
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> Jeff Wood
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