Re: (LVRR) LV GLa hoppers?

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

Obviously, I did not send my message off-list after all.  I hope the 
hopper photo is of some help.  Did anybody else have some info on the LV 
GLa hoppers?  I've been interested in getting some also.

One of my fellow club members has found color info from Authorized 
Financial Expenditures (AFE's) in the WM archives.  Do similar archives 
exist for the LV?

Mike



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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