'A's to Columbus

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Don - the 1226 was mainly an east end engine in the fifties, and AFAIK was
the only A with the air aftercooler piping so arranged (Y6 2150, as I
recall, had the same arrangement).

You could do the 1213 and the 1205 before the 1205's accident when they
still had both engines with the same crossheads . . .   Assuming that you'd
do the crosshead changes to model a 1200-1209 A.  Oh, and 1201 and 1203 were
also photographed on the west end.

EdKing
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> I would add that, depending on how closely you wish to model,  you should
> not choose 1205 or 1213 since they are the ones in which the front engines
> were swapped with the different crossheads.  Also, 1226 had outside
> circulator pipes.  Other than these and the roller bearing A's, indulge
> yourself.  Thanks for asking and taking the time to research.   Don Corbin
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> > Class A's handled coal and empty hopper trains and time freights between
> > Portsmouth and Columbus, and between Williamson and Portsmouth.  Y-6s
> might
> > have been seen on coal trains between Portsmouth and Columbus, but would
> > have been rare.  They would have been less rare on coal trains between
> > Williamson and Portsmouth.
> >
> > You could safely say that all the As except the roller-bearing rod group
> > would have been used at one time or another.  Of that group the 1239 was
> > used in the test runs between Williamson and Portsmouth in 1952, but
these
> > five engines (1238-1242) were assigned to Roanoke for maintenance and
were
> > not often seen on the West end.  But any of the others - 1200-1237 -
could
> > have been seen.  The 1218 was a regular west end engine up until about
> 1956,
> > when it went east.  The other two numbers that Broadway Limited did,
1217
> > and 1224, were regular Roanoke engines.  But the 1202, 1205, 1208, 1209,
> > 1211, 1213, 1215, 1222, 1225, 1229, 1230, 1232, 1234 and 1236 spent a
lot
> of
> > time on the West end, plus several others, I'm sure.  I don't have the
> > assignment sheets.
> >
> > Hope this gives you enough to go on.
> >
> > EdKing
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> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > I would like to model N&W coal movement westward to Sandusky, Ohio. I
> > > believe A class locos brought coal into Columbus via Portsmouth. I am
> > trying
> > > to find out what road number locos were assigned this task and where
> they
> > > originally may have coupled to the train. Also did locomotives other
> than
> > > the A class haul coal or freight into Columbus. My time frame is mid
50s
> > to
> > > the end of steam.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Carl Weidner
> > >
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