N&W Steam Final Revenue Run

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Sam was still living a few years back in Florida. I think Ferrell's  just 
got the
dates wrong for whatever reason. Funny how a cloud can appear on something
that was always in stone.

Larry Evans
Kenova, WV



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> Larry,  Thanks for sharing additional info and being willing to contact
> Lloyd and Larry. I'm interested in what they have to say. Is Sam Noe still
> living too?
>
> After my first reply, and upon closer investigation, there are photos 
> taken
> at Kermit by Killoran (in Ferrell's book)and Fellure (in Spring 2008 
> Classic
> Trains) obviously on the same day, at the same time, but the date given by
> each author differs. Ferrell say the date was May 6th, Fellure says it was
> April 21st.
>
> Maybe this helps in solving this mystery of 2154 or 2190. Looking forward 
> to
> what you find out.
>
> John Garner
> Newport, VA
>
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> Joseph
>
> All documentation I have seen concurs with what John Garner says here . I
> don't know were Ferrell came up with 2154 I would like to know his source 
> .
> I new John Killoran and remember him telling the stories about the last 
> days
> him Larry Fellure , Dave Bond and others chaseing on the Kenova District
> just never wrote any dates down. Unifortunuly John is no longer with us. 
> I
> had always thought none of these guys were actually there on  May 6 and 
> the
> date and information came from fireman Sam Noe via Lloyd Lewis. I will
> forward this to Lloyd and Larry see if they can shed any light on it
>
> Larry Evans
> Kenova WV
>
>
>
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>> Joseph,
>>
>> According to the majority of documentation that I've seen the final
>> 'revenue' run under steam power occurred May 6th, 1960 on the 2nd Pigeon
>> shifter from Williamson west to service the mines as far as Kermit
>> including
>> the Lenore Branch. The loco was Y6b #2190.
>>
>> However Mallory Ferrell, in his book Norfolk & Western, Steam's Last
>> Stand,
>> indicates that Y6 2154 made the final revenue run on May 6th on the 2nd
>> Pigeon, stating that 2190 had operated earlier in the day on the 1st
>> Pigeon
>> shifter. His book includes numerous photos taken by John Killoran on the
>> 6th
>> at both Williamson and Kermit. These are the only photos I've seen that
>> were
>> actually taken on the final day of steam's operation.
>>
>> I'd be interested to see what others know about this final 'revenue' run,
>> and if there are other 'Final Curtain' photos out there. Do we know if it
>> was the 2190 or the 2154?
>>
>> The final loco to operate was a yard job that began on second shift May
>> 6th
>> and finished early after midnight on May 7th also at Williamson. The loco
>> was S1a 291 (renumbered from 215).
>>
>> A great resource on the final days of steam on the N&W at Williamson is 
>> an
>> article written by Larry Fellure in the Spring 2008 issue of Classic
>> Trains.
>>
>> John Garner
>> Newport, VA
>>
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>> Can anyone please provide information on the final revenue run of  an N&W
>> steam locomotive including date, engine class, road number and location?
>>
>> Joseph Congemi
>> Atlanta, GA
>
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