<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I kinda remember VGN folks around Sewells Point calling them "battleships", but I was about 12 at the time (in 1950).<div><br></div><div>pete groom<br><div><div>On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:35 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><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> <div> </div> <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> <div> </div> <div>Frank Bongiovanni<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 10:56 AM, NW Mailing List <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <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="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>></i></b> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><br>From: NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br>Subject: 0-4-0 "John Kyle" <div class="im"><br>To: <a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a><br></div>Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 2:26 AM<br><br> <div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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----- <div class="im"><br><br> <div>________________________________________<br><a href="http://us.mc449.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org" target="_blank">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">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">http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</a></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <br>________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org">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">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">http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</a><br></blockquote></div><br> ________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org">NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</a><br>To change your subscription go to<br>http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>