I have never been a big coal hopper fan. I have never studied them and couldn't tell you one from another just by looking at them. But...
For me, the H9 hopper is THE classic look of N&W hoppers. For whatever reason, this the one that I remember from my childhood wanderings through many an old N&W Magazine.
This is the one coal hopper that I would most like to have a string of behind my Y6. Because it is short, more cars will fit in a defined space.
Oddly enough, these hoppers were to become a big burr under my saddle. In their later life, they were restricted to a speed limit of 25mph. You could hear the crews moan when they found out one of these were placed in the train. Especially when the train was light and otherwise could have made good time over the road.
