611 move to East End Shops

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Thanks, Ken.  I think I knew most of that back when they had the auction.  I 
think most of use decided then that it could be rebuilt as a "dummy" but not 
as a powered locomotive.

Sam

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> Not necessarily, I don't know, and can't say it was malicious, but  there 

> are a variety of parts, i.e. air pumps, that were completely  rebuilt, 

> sitting in plastic on the shop floor that were sold, empty  shells were 

> placed back on the locomotive, when it would have been as  simple to hang 

> the rebuilt pumps back on. There are no flues and  tubes in the 

> locomotive, there are hardware store bolts holding the  firebox together, 

> not stays. Both flues, tubes and staybolts for 1218  were sold at the 

> auction. Now there was/is a boxcar with a bunch of  parts shipped back to 

> Roanoke with 1218, that stayed with it while  stored in the old paint 

> shop.

>

> It could run again, probably, but the costs of doing such are 

> exponentially higher because of missing materials that were already  on 

> hand that could have been saved with the locomotive.

>

> Ken Miller

>

> On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:26 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>

>> Ken,

>>

>> You're certainly in a position to know, but I never realized they  sold 

>> parts that were taken off the locomotive.  I knew they sold  "spare" or 

>> extra parts.  Based on what you're saying, they made  sure the locomotive 

>> could never be made complete again.  Right?

>>

>> Sam

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>> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:53 PM

>> Subject: Re: 611 move to East End Shops

>>

>> I'd have to say not likely, as most of the "missing parts" were  sold at 

>> the auction after the end of the steam program in  Birmingham, not when 

>> the locomotive was moved to the Museum.

>>

>> Ken Miller

>>

>> On Sep 5, 2007, at 8:27 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>>

>>> HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION:  ANY CHANCE THEY WILL INSTALL THE  "MISSING" 

>>> PARTS ON

>>> # 1218 FOR THE OCCASION ?   I'M ASSUMING THOSE PARTS WERE NOT  DISCARDED 

>>> WHEN THE LOCO WAS MOVED TO THE MUSEUM THE FIRST TIME.

>>>

>>> JEROME CROSSON

>>>

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