Interesting article

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Sorry, but I don't have the capability to share digital or any other kind  of 
photos with the group.  You might be able to find a Lionel model of  an N&W J 
(No. 746) for sale on ebay with photo(s).
 
I had a hard time getting up the nerve to cut holes in the boiler of my  
model in order to mount marker lights intended for use on the MTH top of the  line 
model of the N & W J. Adding the piping details under the cab of my  model 
from the same source didn't require any modifications to the  locomotive.
 
I got the moniker "Mr. Kit  Basher" because I modify (here read  destroy any 
so-called "collecor value" ) nearly all of my models.  I  believe that "God is 
in the details !", so I add them where I can.
 
Neil K. Yerger
 
_audreyly at aol.com,_ (mailto:audreyly at aol.com,) 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2008 6:52:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
 
 
Would you happen to have a digital photo of the Lionel J that you would  
share with the group?
Thanks.
Rick Huddle

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I've been a model railroader for most of my life, but only recently  became 
interested in the Norfolk and Western when I won a Lionel N&W J  at auction 
after lusting after a copy for many years, but price made  it  unobtainable.   
Luckily the item was not advertised, so  the normal vultures that would grab  up 
desi\rable model trains at that  auction house never showed up and I had very 
little competition  with  my absentee bid.
 
Recently I obtained a copy of the "Norfolk and Western Magazine" for  April, 
1942  and was thrilled to see an article about a "New  Locomotive" on page 166.
 
"Completely modern from stem to stern, the second of 16 new, heavy duty  Y-6a 
Mallet freight locomotives which are being designed and built from the  
ground up by emloyees at Roanoke shops, was completed and placed  in  operation  on 
March 21.  The first Y-6a rolled out of the shops  during the later part of 
February.  The remaining 14 are scheduled to  come out of the shops at the rate 
of one a month.  These powerful  locomotives are of the same design and 
general dimensions as Y-6's, the  main difference being in the arrangement of the 
wheel bearings.  Both  types have eight pairs of drive wheels, each 57 inches 
in diameter, and a  tractive effort of about 152,000 pounds.   In working order 
 locomotive and tender weigh 961,500 pounds."
 
The article describes the difference between theY-6 and the Y-6a, and I  am 
wondering what the difference(s) is (are) between the Y-6a and my Mike's  Train 
House model of the Y-6b.
 
Thanks for your help.
 
 Neil K. Yerger - A neophyte Norfolk and Western fan.
 
_audreyly at aol.com_ (mailto:audreyly at aol.com)   



 
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