RE Scrap Metal Value of N&W Big Steam (NW Mailing List)

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Cost wasn't the only factor to consider.  The Ohio Railway Museum (Columbus, Ohio) approached the N&W for an M, were offered an A, but ended up with the E.  An A was just not manageable for the group (although in hindsight...).  More information here:

http://www.columbusrailroads.com/new/utility/display_html.php?color_primary=99&color_secondary=176&color_text=173+(should+often+be+173+WHITE+or+176+BLACK)&header_photo=dak-small_freight-270.jpg&htmltitle=The+End+of+Steam&file=.%2Flive%2F05Steam_Railroads%2F25POM_Photos%2Fpom-may2014.html
 Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio
 

    On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 12:30 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
 

 Thanks to all for the insight. For a mere 5K (though a fair amount of money in 1959) I am surprised other loco's weren't saved/bought out from under the scrapper.
To Ken MIller;
Yes my mention of the Lost Engines of Roanoke may not have quite fit my narrative of those locos that could have been saved but weren't. But, I thought I recall several individuals and groups tried to acquire them many years ago but were always rebuffed until they were "saved" several years ago. So I brought them up in passing. I am sure there are better examples but not sure of that.
To Jack:Prince's book "Norfolk & Western Railway‑‑Pocahontas Coal Carrier" has a list of every N&W steam locomotive with info such as builder, build date, construction no., disposition, etc." From page 147 I found the following
600   Scrapped   June 1959613   Scrapped   March 1959
In fact all J's appear to have been scrapped/sold in 1959. Of course with the exception of 611.
Kevin ByrdChesterfield, VA 

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:02 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


Do you know the time frame the 601 and 613 were scrapped?

Jack
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To follow up on what Ken Miller said, my father used to mention to us
that the average engine went for around $5K.  We saw a lot of them
headed to scrap here in Batavia, as they headed to Cincinnati (2
scrapyards on the west side).  We saw just about everything come
through here, except maybe a J.  I know 601 and 613 were torched at
Portsmouth.  Perhaps one that Ken mentioned getting weighed was one of
those two engines.  They were about the last J's to work out of
there.  "N&W In Transition" is a video we did a couple of years ago,
and it has a good selection of dead engines headed to scrap being
towed on the local to Clare.  I was a kid back then, but remember
seeing a lot of 2-8-8-2's among K class, S class, and even some Class
A engines like 1232, which happened to be on the last time freight
from Clare(Steam) in 1956.  It finished out in Portsmouth when
everything was dieselized on the west end.
Greg Scholl
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