2156 and 2050 restoration

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Well said Jason.
 
Anyone can sit on the sidelines and say what needs to be done. Very few get 
 off their butts or open their wallets. As for me, I do my sweating on the  
East Broad Top, and travel 256 miles each way to do it.
 
Thanks,
 
Richard D. Shell
Troutville, VA
 
 
In a message dated 12/19/2013 11:06:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

As a member of IRM who restores and runs steam, I can tell you that we do  
the best that we can with limited resources.  Our main focus the last few  
years has been to get Frisco 1630 a Russian Decapod operational again.    The 
good news is that it past it's 1472 day federal inspection in October, and  
we did a test run in November.


Concerning 2050 specifically,  I would very much like to complete a  
cosmetic restoration eventually.  All we need is people to do the work  and money. 
 It is inside a building to protect it from the elements  unlike several 
other engines that sit outside.  I welcome any members on  the list who live 
near IRM to come out and volunteer.


Jason Maxwell





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Date: 12/19/2013 4:43 AM (GMT-06:00) 
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Subject: Re: 2156 and 2050 restoration  


I just did a Google Search on N&W 2050.  I looked at the  images.  Is the 
entire locomotive rusted below the walkways?   It  looks like its in bad 
shape.  Tell me again what it is they do at the  IRM?  Take care of the engines? 
 NO.    


Very disappointed. 




Mark Lindsey
Stuck in the 1930's




On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:23 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


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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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

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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
 
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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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