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

Fri May 30 11:16:55 EDT 2014

The Simple (S) number should be greater than the Compound (C) number; I don’t know if the actual numbers are right, though they look like they are in a plausible range.  

Sounds like a simple fix if brought to the museum’s attention.

Matt Goodman
Columbus, OH

On May 29, 2014, at 10:03 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Regarding N&W Y3a 2050 at the Illinois Railway Museum, does anyone see anything wrong with the following statistic for the 2050 from that museum's website:

Tractive Effort:	114154lbs S / 136985lbs C

Gordon Hamilton

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> Did they forget about the Y at the Illinois Railway Museum?
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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.
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> Subject: [NSInfo] St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum 
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> St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum of 
> Transportation to trade historic locomotives
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> NORFOLK, VA. – The 
> Museum of 
> Transportation, St. Louis, and the 
> Virginia Museum of 
> Transportation 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.
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> 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.
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> “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.”
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> “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.”
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> 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.
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> 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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> premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company 
> subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 
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> major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient 
> connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most 
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