<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">ok thanks Frank. I suppose this answered my question. I kinda figured they were named that because of the Atlantic Fleets old battleships used coal before they were rebuilt to burn oil. talk to you later. tony <BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 11/30/09, NW Mailing List <I><nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Tony, the N&W had "battleship" gons up until about 1953; the Virginian had some up until the time of the merger in 1959--the N&W had them all off the roster within approximately 6 months. Most of them were about 43' to 50' long. With N&W, VGN, C&O there are roughly 15 different classes of these cars; we can give you a better answer if you can narrow down your request a bit. </DIV>
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<DIV>At least three different sources have given us the distinct impression that "battleship gon" is a railfan/historian term that was very rarely used by "real" railroaders; one exception is that it appears that the term was used by N&W men referring to the VGN cars right after the merger. </DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>hello I would like to know how long did battleship gondolas stay on the line and what were the lengths and car numbers? I have an idea if they were as long as a 6 axle tender I could probably make one out of a Bachmann auxilary tender. thanks. tony putnam<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 11/29/09, NW Mailing List <I><<A href="http://us.mc449.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">A friend of mine inquired about a photo he has in his collection that is labeled as being at Hanging Rock, OH. It is of an 0-4-0 #2 named the "John Kyle." Anyone have any additional information on this locomotive, dates of operation or owner etc?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Whit<BR><BR></DIV><BR></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----
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