<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="ydp86103067yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:24px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> G'day</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I found recently that some H2/H3 hoppers were sold to the Wabash. 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); max-width: 314px;">Hoppers 3&4 bay | Tales From the River</h2><p class="ydp9808fc7acard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 158, 168);">N scal three and four bay hoppers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">concludes *fairly*<i><b> </b></i>correctly, from ORER data, that Wabash had acquired what he thought were some H2a hoppers. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">He also points to a similar series of SL-SF/Frisco hoppers which are not on the road in April 1962, but appear from Apr 1963 through July 1965, but gone by the July 1966 ORER. They are 23 hoppers, numbered 94000-94022. I can find no photographic evidence of them. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The date of their appearance pretty well aligns with the H2/H3 hoppers on the Wabash. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am wondering if anyone knows of the sale / lease / transfer of these hoppers to the Frisco - or to a dealer whereby they may have ended up on the Frisco? </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best regards, </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ben Scanlon</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">London, UK</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>