Locomotive names

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More than 65 years ago, the N&W’s Class Y-6 was referred to as the “the workhorse of the N&W”.  That is exactly what it was, a WORKHORSE.  I don’t know where this new term came from, but this needs to be stopped.  If the term Warhorse remains, it is a disservice to the 2156 and the old N&W.

The 2156 is a historical artifact and its appearance and information should be accurate and authentic.  As an N&W historian, I cannot let this go by and be a part in this new naming.

Bud Jeffries

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Subject: Locomotive names

For a while when she was in the VMT the 611 had stenciled under the cab window, "Pride of Roanoke," and this elicited discussion both pro and con.

Now that Y6a 2156 has arrived in Roanoke, Saturday's local Roanoke newspaper had the headline, "'Warhorse' returns for engine reunion," and the article had the statement, "...the 2156 was nicknamed the 'Warhorse.'"

I wonder if we will see "Warhorse" stenciled under the cab window of the 2156.

Gordon Hamilton


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