FM Trainmasters

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Bruce,

That's what I heard too.  I wasn't going to name names, but I think enough time has passed that it is almost ancient history.

Sam Putney

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  On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:47 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>Sam wrote:

    Jimmy,

    When I was on the B of D of the transportation museum, I heard from several sources at the railroad that a Trainmaster had been set aside for the museum and "stashed" out of the way, but that it got caught up in railroad power politics and that when upper management got wind of this unauthorized action they had it scrapped.  Perhaps some one of our correspondents who was in railroad management at the time can shed light on this.

  I seem to remember it was the 173 and it was shuffled around the dead line that was along Shenandoah Ave. behind the mill/TAP building and that area. Word was that John Fishwick got wind of the shuffle and passed the word that the engine was to be "taken care of." The result was a shopping that produced a very distinctive slug, recognized by the high and very vertical steps.

  Here is a photo I took in 1980 of 173 in that dead line (should it make it through). The picture can also be found at  http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bharper/nwrwy/engines.html)

  Bruce in Blacksburg


   


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