0-4-0 "John Kyle"

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Tony, the N&W had "battleship" gons up until about 1953; the Virginian had
some up until the time of the merger in 1959--the N&W had them all off the
roster within approximately 6 months.  Most of them were about 43' to 50'
long.  With N&W, VGN, C&O there are roughly 15 different classes of these
cars; we can give you a better answer if you can narrow down your request a
bit.

At least three different sources have given us the distinct impression that
"battleship gon" is a railfan/historian term that was very rarely used by
"real" railroaders; one exception is that it appears that the term was used
by N&W men referring to the VGN cars right after the merger.

Frank Bongiovanni

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:56 AM, NW Mailing List
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>   hello I would like to know how long did battleship gondolas stay on the

> line and what were the lengths and car numbers? I have an idea if they were

> as long as a 6 axle tender I could probably make one out of a Bachmann

> auxilary tender. thanks. tony putnam

>

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> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: 0-4-0 "John Kyle"

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> Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 2:26 AM

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>  A friend of mine inquired about a photo he has in his collection that is

> labeled as being at Hanging Rock, OH. It is of an 0-4-0 #2 named the  "John

> Kyle." Anyone have any additional information on this locomotive, dates of

> operation or owner etc?

>

> Thanks,

> Whit

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