Re: (LVRR) LV GLa hoppers?

["Dr. Michael Ed. Hohn" <hohn_@_geosrv.wvnet.edu>]

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Dear Dennis:

Attached is a scan of a photo which appears to be a LV GLa hopper with 
thedistinctively enlarged end sill.  It is from the Western Maryland 
Railway Historical Society's quarterly "The Blue Mountain Express"  
(Vol. 27, No. 1 & 2, Spring and Summer 1998.)  The hopper appears in the 
background in a photo of the depot at Belington, WV.  The author is Don 
McFall  (301-460-9193).  Maybe you can get a better copy of the original 
photo.

The lettering matches the diagram on the Bowser site.  Of course, the 
color is a mystery.

I'm sending this to you off-list because I doubt if attachments are allowed.

Michael Hohn





Dennis Rockwell wrote:

>Sorry for the crossposting.
>
>Did Lehigh Valley have any of what PRR called GLa hoppers?
>I ask because Bowser is producing the GLa in HO and N, and
>he's looking for info on roadnames and paint schemes.  He
>has a line drawing of a GLa in LV livery, numbered 170001,
>and the lvrrmodeler hopper page shows hoppers that might be
>GLa in the range 16501-20000.
>
>I don't have the photo reference book given, and the
>Accurail hopper mentioned is definitely *not* a GLa.
>
>For your information, the GLa is a two-bay, seven-rib,
>straight sill, 30'5" IL, 32'3" OL, open hopper with
>distinctive heavy end sills. See Bowser's product page at
>http://www.bowser-trains.com/hogla.php for photos.
>
>Of course, if he does produce them in N, I'll buy a bunch.
>He's kind enough to make them in multiple numbers all at the
>same time.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Dennis Rockwell     SPF(N)    dennis_@_bbn.com      Cambridge MA
>
>Modelling the PRR Wilkes-Barre Branch in 1954 in N Scale.
>
>  
>

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