'A's to Columbus

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I would add that, depending on how closely you wish to model,  you should
not choose 1205 or 1213 since they are the ones in which the front engines
were swapped with the different crossheads.  Also, 1226 had outside
circulator pipes.  Other than these and the roller bearing A's, indulge
yourself.  Thanks for asking and taking the time to research.   Don Corbin
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> Class A's handled coal and empty hopper trains and time freights between
> Portsmouth and Columbus, and between Williamson and Portsmouth.  Y-6s
might
> have been seen on coal trains between Portsmouth and Columbus, but would
> have been rare.  They would have been less rare on coal trains between
> Williamson and Portsmouth.
>
> You could safely say that all the As except the roller-bearing rod group
> would have been used at one time or another.  Of that group the 1239 was
> used in the test runs between Williamson and Portsmouth in 1952, but these
> five engines (1238-1242) were assigned to Roanoke for maintenance and were
> not often seen on the West end.  But any of the others - 1200-1237 - could
> have been seen.  The 1218 was a regular west end engine up until about
1956,
> when it went east.  The other two numbers that Broadway Limited did, 1217
> and 1224, were regular Roanoke engines.  But the 1202, 1205, 1208, 1209,
> 1211, 1213, 1215, 1222, 1225, 1229, 1230, 1232, 1234 and 1236 spent a lot
of
> time on the West end, plus several others, I'm sure.  I don't have the
> assignment sheets.
>
> Hope this gives you enough to go on.
>
> EdKing
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>
>
> > Hello,
> > I would like to model N&W coal movement westward to Sandusky, Ohio. I
> > believe A class locos brought coal into Columbus via Portsmouth. I am
> trying
> > to find out what road number locos were assigned this task and where
they
> > originally may have coupled to the train. Also did locomotives other
than
> > the A class haul coal or freight into Columbus. My time frame is mid 50s
> to
> > the end of steam.
> > Thanks,
> > Carl Weidner
> >
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