2156 and 2050 restoration

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OK.
VMT must have done a much better job of painting the rods. I know when I 
was in St. Louis, 2156 looked good except the rods looked well, fake.

Nathan Simmons
trainman51 at gmail.com
http://www.t-51.org
KI4MSK

On 12/17/2013 22:03, NW Mailing List wrote:

> protects it from the weather, why not...

> Lets nag these museums and see if they want to bring life to these 

> engines on their own, they don't have to move off to Roanoke, they can 

> sure visit there if possible.

> -Lynn-

>

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>     *Subject:* Re: 2156 and 2050 restoration

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>     Who paints the rods? Just about every locomotive on display that's

>     not in operation. Every locomotive

>     at VMT has painted rods including the 611 only exception would be

>     1218 which they clear coated

>     and is now just rust for the most part. I saw 2156 last year

>     looked OK by me.

>     Larry Evans

>     Kenova, WV

>

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>         *Sent:* Monday, December 16, 2013 5:04 PM

>         *Subject:* Re: 2156 and 2050 restoration

>

>         How so? Have you seen the 2156 in recent times? yuck comes to

>         mind. I mean who in their right mind PAINTS the RODS!

>

>         Nathan Simmons

>         trainman51 at gmail.com

>         http://www.t-51.org

>         KI4MSK

>

>         On 12/16/2013 16:41, NW Mailing List wrote:

>>         Mike

>>            Sometimes I think its not so good to put everything in the

>>         same game.

>>         St Louis has been a good caretaker of the 2156 probably a lot

>>         better

>>         than VMT would have done. Of course it would be nice two see

>>         all three

>>         together. But if the ship sinks you lose it all

>>         Larry Evans

>>         Kenova, WV

>>         ----- Original Message -----

>>

>>             *From:* NW Mailing List <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

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>>             *Sent:* Monday, December 16, 2013 9:07 AM

>>             *Subject:* 2156 and 2050 restoration

>>

>>             As a Virginia transplant to Illinois and N&W Historical

>>             Society member, I want to let you know I would hate for

>>             the Illinois Railway Museum to lose the 2050 and for the

>>             National Transportation Museum in St Louis to lose the

>>             2156.  There are N&W fans worldwide and we like having a

>>             small piece of its history in easy driving distance. 

>>             That said, I do understand the desire to bring the girls

>>             home to Roanoke.  And seeing them under steam would be

>>             glorious...since I have missed everything since then,

>>             steam wise.

>>             Something neat happened at IRM--I was videotaping a kid

>>             about 5 years old running around being a nuisance...(to

>>             everyone but me)...he climbed on the nose of 2050 and was

>>             yanking the bell cord...I muttered to myself, That's N&W

>>             brass, boy, and you just go to town and let me record. 

>>             His parents have no idea that they were the ones being a

>>             nuisance...they took him off the locomotive!

>>             Mike Shockley

>>             Peoria, IL

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