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

Fri May 30 07:51:53 EDT 2014

Simple, S, should be a higher value than C, compound.  Simple should be 136985lbs S /  and compound should be 114154lbs C.

Ed Painter, Narrows, VA living in Dahlonega,GA

On May 29, 2014, at 10:03 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> 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:
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> Tractive Effort:	114154lbs S / 136985lbs C
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> Gordon Hamilton
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> > Did they forget about the Y at the Illinois Railway Museum?
> > Kurt Kramke 
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> > On 05/29/14, NW Mailing List wrote:
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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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> > From: Norfolk Southern News <nsinfo at nscorp.com>
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> > Subject: [NSInfo] St. Louis Museum of Transportation and Virginia Museum 
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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 
> > hardest pulling steam locomotives ever built, with the J-611 and the 
> > 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 
> > 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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> > Norfolk Southern contacts:
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> > 757-629-2710 (Robin.Chapman at nscorp.com)
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> > (Investors) Katie Cook, 
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