"A" tanks

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My brain threw a loop and said it was Norfolk, its ROANOKE!!

There was a 2-8-0 there, that was moved earlier by a restaurant owner in 
Ohio and it is now painted up on display in Ohio. That engine probably 
will never operate, the steam dome was cut off for clearances.

For the trivia, the Strasburg 4-8-0 was also at that scrap iron dealer 
years ago and Strasburg acquired it and restored it to operation, they 
recently did a makeover on the engine 475 to 382 to commemorate the 
branchline operations of the N&W, they even "weathered" the engine up.

http://rypn.sunserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28958&sid=994cb282031f10555babdec981c187db

There was a Y6b at the scrap yard for many years also, but when the 
scrap yard changed owners it was cut up immediatly.
Yoweees.

You may not have noticed but N&W engines never had their numbers on the 
tenders, because when they went into the shops, they could come out with 
a totally different tender. The 4-8-0's in their service careers might 
have recieved different tenders, which has been true, some engines 
getting a larger tender perhaps weighing the same as the engine itself! 
We can't be sure if the tenders at the scrapyard were actually used 
behind the 4-8-0's, but the possibility is obvious that could be true, 
and if for any wild happenings any one of those 4-8-0's were to be 
brought back to steam operation, the tenders could work.

I know of 2 M2's that were sold off to other railroads, I was able to 
track one down, the engine did not perform to their expectations, IE a 
locomotive design like the 4-8-0 has a specific purpose which works on 
the N&W but not for another line. That engine was eventually scrapped. I 
am still on the persuit what happened to the other engine, if it might 
be hidden away somewhere, or if it too was scrapped, I just want to 
verify what happenned to it after being sold, but finding data is pretty 
good dig.

Its Ironic these engines survived, after being sold for scrap, N&W still 
had 4-8-0's on the active roster and O Winston Link chronicled some of 
them on The Fading Giant recording.  None of the active engines were 
saved from the scrappers torch. This is why we as a group have been so 
adamant to save those engines in any way possible.
 
We know many artifacts were removed off the engines, if anyone knows or 
sees or encounters things like steam pressure indicators at train shows, 
etc or someone is in possession of parts off the engines, lets us know, 
we just want to keep record of it, any restoration efforts can replace 
any part on the engines.

-Lynn Willer-





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> Richard,

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> Thanks for getting the record straight.

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> Jeff Sanders

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> The info on the TWVRPS site is hopelessly out of date.  The equipment from 

> the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal yard was rescued last August.  The 15,000 

> gallon tender is now sitting behind M2c no. 1151 at the Virginia Museum of 

> Transportation.  The 16,000 gallon tender is at Will Harris' shop in Goshen, 

> being refurbished for display behind M2 no. 1134, which is going to 

> Portsmouth, VA.  The other M2, no. 1118 went to the Roanoke NRHS Chapter 

> along with one of the CW diesels.  The second diesel is also currently in 

> the NRHS chapter's yard for cosmetic restoration (as is the 1134), and will 

> go to the VMT.  The funds raised by TWVRPS are going to the NRHS chapter to 

> support the restoration work.

>

> Richard Jenkins

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