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

Fri May 30 23:11:31 EDT 2014

Brian; you're going to hate the answer to your question.
It depends on how the loan agreement/contract is written.  And what
provision(s)there are for extensions.

Frank Bongiovanni

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:22 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> A five-year loan of the Y?  What then?  Does the FT B unit come back to
> VMT if the Y has to go back?
>
> Hmmmm.....
>
> Brian Gilleran
>
>
>
> On May 29, 2014, at 12:30 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> 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 <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
> > wrote:
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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
>>
>>
>> *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.
>>
>>  Norfolk Southern Corporation
>> <http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=69040&p=tearsheet> (NYSE:
>> NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its 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.
>>
>> ###
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Norfolk Southern contacts:   (Media) Robin Chapman
>> <robin.chapman at nscorp.com>, 757-629-2710 <757-629-2710>
>> (Robin.Chapman at nscorp.com <Robin.Chapman at nscorp.com>) (Investors) Katie
>> Cook <investorrelations at nscorp.com>, 757-629-2861 <757-629-2861> (
>> InvestorRelations at nscorp.com <InvestorRelations at nscorp.com>)  *
>>
>>
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