"J" Building dates.

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Thank you.

I want to thank everyone for their quick and informative responses to my 
questions - What a great group!

Ron Peisker


On Wednesday, August 25, 2004, at 11:00  AM, nw-mailing-list-
request at nwhs.org wrote:

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> A bit more detailed information for you, since you also we looking for
> dates
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> Information is as follows: Road Number delivery date, construction
> number, retired date and location
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> 600  10-20-1941    c/n 311    06-16-1959 Lamberts Point
> 601  11-17-1941    c/n 312    03-27-1959 Portsmouth
> 602  12-08-1941    c/n 313    01-08-1959 Bluefield
> 603  12-24-1941    c/n 314    04-15-1959 Bluefield
> 604  01-27-1942    c/n 315    10-22-1958 Shaffers Crossing
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> 605  10-23-1943    c/n 347    06-15-1959 Williamson
> 606  11-18-1943    c/n 348    05-22-1959 Bluefield
> 607  11-30-1943    c/n 349    02-28-1958 Shaffers Crossing
> 608  12-14-1943    c/n 350    05-22-1959 Bluefield
> 609  12-14-1943    c/n 351    05-22-1959 Bluefield
> 610  12-20-1943    c/n 352    08-21-1959 Crewe
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> 611  05-29-1950    c/n 388    10-24-1959 Shaffers Crossing
> 612  06-27-1950    c/n 389    08-21-1959 Lamberts Point
> 613  07-24-1950    c/n 390    03-27-1959 Portsmouth
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> These dates are from official equipment ledgers, retirement dates are
> not the date sold for scrap, but physically removal from roster.
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> 600-604 cost new $166,917 each, 602 was equipped with Franklin trailing
> truck booster at an additional cost of $12,348, it was removed in
> 12-1945
> 605-610 cost new $141,280 each, built as J1 Freight Locomotives without
> streamlining, lightweight alloy rods and roller bearings, all rebuilt
> to streamlined locomotives with roller bearings, lightweight rods
> beginning in 01-1945. Most service was still as passenger locomotives
> despite the freight locomotive description.
> 611-613 cost new $251,544 each
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> Ken Miller
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> Jim Gillum, thank you  for the lineup of "J" Engine Numbers vs Builders
> Numbers.  I see from the builder's numbers there were three periods of
> time in which those locomotives were constructed and a fourth for the
> after wartime rebuild.   Making them in batches, I assume led to a
> saving in time and money.  Almost like an assembly line.
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> In order to make my list complete, could you or someone now supply the
> actual month and year for each one.
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> Thank you,
> Ron Peisker
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