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Ron

Indeed the specialty products availability were part of the story, such things as lubricators, valve packings, air pumps, and a thousand other smaller items that were produced by outside companies, that simply went away with the end of steam across the US. 

The N&W did not want to go into the production business of that stuff, and upper management (read Stuart Saunders) wanted to dieselize "his" railroad, the quicker the better. So it would make him more a valuable asset (in some minds) so he could go and move to his dream job of running what was America's largest railroad, the Pennsylvania. Of course, we all know what Saunders did to the Pennsy.

Ken Miller

On Jul 3, 2014, at 8:51 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> Thanks Larry, That's interesting because I always heard one reason for the demise of steam was the un availability of specialty appliances which doesn't seem to be the case here for the N&W. Ron
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> On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 5:51 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Ron
>    Yes it was owned and  operated  by the N&W. They cast just about anything
> you can think of that they needed . I have a list of patterns for the foundry. List
> some 38000 items.  Bells , Whistles, couplers, wheels ,center plates, stoves ,signs
> number plates, builders plates ,  Light poles,  cylinders  list just goes on forever.
> Not certain but probably was the last railroad  foundry in operation in the US.
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> Larry Evans
> Kenova, WV
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> On Jul 2, 2014, at 3:55 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>> Was the foundry near the east end shops owned by N&W and to what extent were castings made there. What parts other than wheels were made for steam locos ?      Ron Hash
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