Steam engines being restored

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I would love to see it under steam again as this locomotive worked the Shenandoah Division quite a bit. But it is my understanding that the frame under the front set of drivers is broken. That would make the project financially if not physically impossible. 

Mason Cooper

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That was a very long time ago.  The St. Louis Museum was still in "acquisition" mode.  Much has changed - different organization; different people in charge; other pieces of the collection in the process of being restored and needing space for display.  Maybe the question should be asked again.  Just suggesting.

Jerome Crosson (N&W West - St Peters MO).


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Subject: Re: Steam engines being restored

               I do not believe it is due to the feed      water heater 
that 2156 is out of the running. From my      understanding the reason 
2156 is not being pursued. Is that when      NS had the Steam program 
the first time around they approached the      museum in St. Louis 
about 2156 and pretty much the museum didn't      want to work with 
them. Something about requiring insurance on it      that made ti to 
costly to move? IIRC

      Nathan
       Nathan Simmonstrainman51 at gmail.comhttp://www.t-51.orgKI4MSK      
On 12/7/2013 08:34, NW Mailing List wrote:

     As I read about the various steam engines being      restored, or 
planning to be, one thing I noticed is that all the      possible 
candidates had one thing in common.  NONE had a      Worthington BL 
style feed water heater.  Are they really that      difficult to 
restore?  I know that towards the end of steam on the      N&W, the 
Y3's being used in yard service had them removed due      to parts and 
maintenance issues.  Is that one of the main reasons      that 2156 
isn't being considered?  T&P has 610 with an Elesco,      Most have 
Worthington SA style FWH, but I haven't seen ONE BL      style on a 
restored loco.


                              Mark Lindsey
            Stuck in the 1930's







       
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