Military Locos?

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That's a new Y-3 on the Bluefield turntable.  Bristol's turntable, like most N&W turntables, was a deck girder bridge.  Crewe and Bluefield had thru truss turntables.  This is Bluefield, from the looks of the roundhouse.

Ed King
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  YES, they used the MRS series of locomotives on the Colorado narrow gauge out of Durango, their was 2 of them used their in the 1960's I seem to recall, several got sent to Alaska.

  Could some folks be thinking of the WW1 USRA? that took over the nations railroads? I have seen MANY photos of steam locomotives during that time with "U.S." painted on the tender, along with railroad name painted much smaller.

  This is a link to a photo of one of those locomotives on the Bristol Turntable.

  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/F1/NS5878.JPG

  Here is a photo of an Erie Steam Locomotive, with U.S. markings also.

  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns1597.jpeg

  Yours Truly

  Andy Jennings
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