St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum of Transportation to trade historic locomotives

Fri May 30 15:12:38 EDT 2014

Other than it's bass-ackwards, not a thing!

Dave Stephenson

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Regarding N&W Y3a 2050 at the Illinois Railway Museum, 
does anyone see anything wrong with the following statistic for the 2050 from 
that museum's website:
 Tractive  Effort: 114154lbs S / 136985lbs  C 

Gordon Hamilton

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> Did they forget 
about the Y at the Illinois Railway Museum?
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Wow! This is very exciting. I will have to pay visit to Roanoke again to see the 
big 3 together again.
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 16:44:40 
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Southern News <nsinfo at nscorp.com>
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Subject: [NSInfo] St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum 
> of
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> Transportation to trade historic 
locomotives
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> May 28, 2014
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> St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum of 
> Transportation to trade historic locomotives
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> NORFOLK, VA. – The 
> Museum of 
> Transportation, St. 
Louis, and the 
> Virginia Museum of 
> Transportation are in 
discussions to bring Norfolk and Western Y6a 
> steam engine #2156, 
currently in the St. Louis museum, back to its place 
> of origin at 
Roanoke, Va., on a five-year loan for display at the 
> Virginia museum, 
in a transaction facilitated by Norfolk Southern.
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> In exchange, the Virginia museum will send to St. Louis a Southern 
> Railway diesel General Motors EMD FTB unit to complement the St. Louis 
> museum’s FTA demonstration unit.
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“This will reunite the last surviving Y-class locomotive, one of the 
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hardest pulling steam locomotives ever built, with the J-611 and the 
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A-1218 in Roanoke, where all three were designed and built by Norfolk and 
> Western,” said Molly Butterworth, cultural site manager for the St. 
Louis 
> Museum of Transportation. ”In return, our historic FTA, built in 
1939 to 
> demonstrate to the rail industry the efficiency of diesel 
power, will be 
> reunited with its complimentary B unit.”
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> “We are thrilled to welcome the Y6a home again,” said 
Bev Fitzpatrick, 
> executive director of the Virginia Museum of 
Transportation. “We’re 
> grateful to the St. Louis Museum of 
Transportation for this opportunity 
> to reunite three powerful sisters 
of steam in their home town.”
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> The Museum of 
Transportation, a St. Louis County Park in west St. Louis 
> County, Mo., 
houses what has been recognized as one of the largest and 
> best 
collections of transportation vehicles in the world. With over 70 
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locomotives, half of them "one-of-a-kind" or "sole 
> survivors" of their 
type, the Museum has one of the most complete 
> collections of American 
railroad motive power, and its collections of 
> automobiles, buses, 
streetcars, aircraft, horse-drawn vehicles, and 
> riverboat materials are 
constantly expanding to reflect the ever-changing 
> nature of 
transportation.
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> The Virginia Museum of 
Transportation, Virginia’s official transportation 
> museum, is home to 
two of the most powerful steam locomotives in 
> existence today: the 
N&W Class A 1218 and the N&W Class J 611. 
> The Museum attracts 
visitors of all ages from across the U.S. and around 
> the world. Through 
exhibits, artifacts, and an outstanding collection of 
> rail equipment, 
cars, trucks, airplanes, and more, the Museum tells the 
> story of 
Virginia’s rich transportation history.
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> Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s 
> premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company 
> subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 
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> route miles 
in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every 
> major container 
port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient 
> connections 
to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most 
> extensive 
intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of 
> coal, 
automotive, and industrial products.
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contacts:
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> (Media) Robin Chapman, 
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757-629-2710 (Robin.Chapman at nscorp.com)
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> (Investors) Katie Cook, 
> 757-629-2861 
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> InvestorRelations at nscorp.com)
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