Request for VGN (and N&W) Help from the Modeling Committee

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Russ--
 
There's been a lot of interest in the 4-bay HU/HUa hoppers, which started  to 
appear about 1922 and ultimately were rebuilt into H3s in the early 40s due  
to body corrosion.  They were said to be the beginning of modern steel  
construction for hoppers on the N&W.  Andy Dow calls them "grandfather"  to the 
production H2s and "great grandfather" to the H10s (I guess he also meant  
"father" to the H3s into which they evolved).  They were unique to the  N&W, as far 
as I know, and seemingly ubiquitous in all those  company photos...esp the ones 
showing mining operations and Y3 class  locos.  Al Westerfield has promised 
them for years, but probably still on  the back burner in his shop.  Sure would 
be nice to have a string behind  those Proto 2000 Y3s.
 
B--
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