611 move to East End Shops

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I agree with Ken in that it probably wasn't malicious.  Keep in mind, NS wanted to wash their hands of the steam program as quickly as possible after goode made the final decision. With that mind set, using bolts instead of staybolts was a whole lot quicker.  Looking at the engine now, it is missing some pipework, but there aren't any main A-specific pieces missing the would keep it from running.......except that blank check to pay for it. 
   
  Will Sadler 

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
  Not necessarily, I don't know, and can't say it was malicious, but 
there are a variety of parts, i.e. air pumps, that were completely 
rebuilt, sitting in plastic on the shop floor that were sold, empty 
shells were placed back on the locomotive, when it would have been as 
simple to hang the rebuilt pumps back on. There are no flues and 
tubes in the locomotive, there are hardware store bolts holding the 
firebox together, not stays. Both flues, tubes and staybolts for 1218 
were sold at the auction. Now there was/is a boxcar with a bunch of 
parts shipped back to Roanoke with 1218, that stayed with it while 
stored in the old paint shop.

It could run again, probably, but the costs of doing such are 
exponentially higher because of missing materials that were already 
on hand that could have been saved with the locomotive.

Ken Miller

On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:26 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> Ken,

>

> You're certainly in a position to know, but I never realized they 

> sold parts that were taken off the locomotive. I knew they sold 

> "spare" or extra parts. Based on what you're saying, they made 

> sure the locomotive could never be made complete again. Right?

>

> Sam

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> I'd have to say not likely, as most of the "missing parts" were 

> sold at the auction after the end of the steam program in 

> Birmingham, not when the locomotive was moved to the Museum.

>

> Ken Miller

>

> On Sep 5, 2007, at 8:27 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

>> HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION: ANY CHANCE THEY WILL INSTALL THE 

>> "MISSING" PARTS ON

>> # 1218 FOR THE OCCASION ? I'M ASSUMING THOSE PARTS WERE NOT 

>> DISCARDED WHEN THE LOCO WAS MOVED TO THE MUSEUM THE FIRST TIME.

>>

>> JEROME CROSSON

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