<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I'm guessing during WWII there were 2 or 3 shifts in the shop, and remember the workers were not long out of the depression, valued their jobs, had great work ethics and under pretty strict shop foreman and supervisors !! THEY GOT-ER DONE !! Ron H.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 2/21/09, NW Mailing List <I><nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>Subject: Re: Roanoke Shop<BR>To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><BR>Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 11:32 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv294169925>
<STYLE></STYLE>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Generally for the A, J and Y6's, about one locomotive per month. During WWII, it was about one per every 2-3 weeks. For the S1a's, three were built about every two months.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This new construction was done along with the other locomotives receiving classified repairs, often the same shop personnel performing both simultaneously.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bud Jeffries</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>NW Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>List NWHS</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:25 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Roanoke Shop</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>What was the capacity of Roanoke Shop to build locomotives? (on a per month basis) Could they have built 2 per month, more?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>John R. <BR>
<DIV>
<HR>
<DIV></DIV>________________________________________<BR><A href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</A><BR>To change your subscription go to<BR><A href="http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list</A><BR>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<BR><A href="http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</A></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><PRE>________________________________________
NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org
To change your subscription go to
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>