St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum of Transportation to trade historic locomotives

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Wow! This is very exciting. I will have to pay visit to Roanoke again to
see the big 3 together again.

Mike Weeks
Seattle, WA


On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:13 PM, NW Mailing List
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>  Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 16:44:40 -0400
> From: Norfolk Southern News <nsinfo at nscorp.com>
> Subject: [NSInfo] St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum of
>  Transportation to trade historic locomotives
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>
> *May 28, 2014 *
>
>
> *St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum of Transportation
> to trade historic locomotives *
> NORFOLK, VA. – The Museum of Transportation<http://transportmuseumassociation.org/index.htm>,
> St. Louis, and the Virginia Museum of Transportation<http://www.vmt.org/index.html>are in discussions to bring Norfolk and Western Y6a steam engine #2156,
> currently in the St. Louis museum, back to its place of origin at Roanoke,
> Va., on a five-year loan for display at the Virginia museum, in a
> transaction facilitated by Norfolk Southern.
>
> In exchange, the Virginia museum will send to St. Louis a Southern Railway
> diesel General Motors EMD FTB unit to complement the St. Louis museum’s FTA
> demonstration unit.
>
> “This will reunite the last surviving Y-class locomotive, one of the
> hardest pulling steam locomotives ever built, with the J-611 and the A-1218
> in Roanoke, where all three were designed and built by Norfolk and
> Western,” said Molly Butterworth, cultural site manager for the St. Louis
> Museum of Transportation. ”In return, our historic FTA, built in 1939 to
> demonstrate to the rail industry the efficiency of diesel power, will be
> reunited with its complimentary B unit.”
>
> “We are thrilled to welcome the Y6a home again,” said Bev Fitzpatrick,
> executive director of the Virginia Museum of Transportation. “We’re
> grateful to the St. Louis Museum of Transportation for this opportunity to
> reunite three powerful sisters of steam in their home town.”
>
> The Museum of Transportation, a St. Louis County Park in west St. Louis
> County, Mo., houses what has been recognized as one of the largest and best
> collections of transportation vehicles in the world. With over 70
> locomotives, half of them "one-of-a-kind" or "sole survivors" of their
> type, the Museum has one of the most complete collections of American
> railroad motive power, and its collections of automobiles, buses,
> streetcars, aircraft, horse-drawn vehicles, and riverboat materials are
> constantly expanding to reflect the ever-changing nature of transportation.
>
> The Virginia Museum of Transportation, Virginia’s official transportation
> museum, is home to two of the most powerful steam locomotives in existence
> today: the N&W Class A 1218 and the N&W Class J 611. The Museum attracts
> visitors of all ages from across the U.S. and around the world. Through
> exhibits, artifacts, and an outstanding collection of rail equipment, cars,
> trucks, airplanes, and more, the Museum tells the story of Virginia’s rich
> transportation history.
>
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> Norfolk Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 route
> miles<http://www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/ship-with-norfolk-southern/system-overview.html>in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container
> port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to
> other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive
> intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of coal,
> automotive, and industrial products.
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