dolled-up 475

Mon Sep 18 13:00:07 EDT 2017

475 was “dressed up” in 1956 to celebrate N&W’s predecessor lines and historic events.  As Ed King said it went to Bristol in 1956 to commemorate the centennial opening of the V & T Railroad in 1856.  The tender was stenciled “Virginia and Tennessee” for that event. Later it was stenciled “Shenandoah Valley” which may have been for the Roanoke celebration that Bill Honeycutt mentioned.  It went to Welch, WV, and it is most remembered for the triple-header on the Blacksburg Branch in 1957 for the NRHS Convention being held in Roanoke.  There were probably other events it participated in.  There were a total of 15 Class M’s at the end of steam with 14 being retired from June 1957 to July 1958. According to records,  475 was not retired until 9-30-1959  and was listed at its retirement as being kept as a “historic specimen”.  So when Bill said that it was at Shaffers Crossing in 1960, it still was being held for historical reasons.  475 was sold for scrap on 4-10-1961 to Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal in Roanoke and moved off the railway soon thereafter.

Bud Jeffries

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I was in the Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse in the spring of 1960 and the 475 along with a Class A, whose number I have forgotten, were stored in the portion of the roundhouse that was later torn down.  The 475 still had the balloon stack, brass boiler bands, etc. at that time.  Somewhere I have a picture of the 475 that I made in the roundhouse.  There was also a S1 or S1a with the number painted out stored outside.  

I believe that the 475 was also used in the City of Roanoke 75th Anniversary celebration around 1957.

W.E. Honeycutt 

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On Sep 17, 2017, at 11:43 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

  I have seen lots of photos of the 475 in her backdated dress leading a special triple-header trip, and heard she was possibly sent on other special events.  I was not aware that she went to retirement and the salvage yard still dressed that way until seeing the recently posted photo.   Which leads me to my question; after the special occasion in '56 was over (and in between any other special occasions where she may have appeared), did she continue to operate in general revenue service looking like this?  (I am working away from home and don't have access to my reference materials to look up her official retirement date).

  Thanks,
  Brent 
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  Dr. J. Brent Greer

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  475 was sent to Bristol in its dolled-up condition for Bristol’s Centennial in 1956.

  EdKing

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  I believe the 475 was back dated for the 1957 75th anniversary of the founding of Roanoke (1882).

  John Garner,  Newport, VA.

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  Isn't thst an M 4-8-0 dressed up for the Huckleberry excursion?

  Jimmy Lisle

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  NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

  The NWHS archives has a unlabelled 3x5 "snapshot" of what appears to be a 2-8-0 with a N&W labelled tender. I'm guessing its a W class perhaps but the stack and headlight bracket don't match any I could find (Jeffries Giant of Steam).

  Anybody have any ideas on this image?

  http://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=151000

  The photos in this collection appear to be late 50s early 60s. No dates are locations are given. Only "J.B. Perske".

  - Roger LInk

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