Locomotive names

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Ron,
     Here is my correspondence with Mike Allen of the Roanoke Times 
(read from bottom up):

"*/Hi, James, just following up. Museum officials stand by what they 
told me about the 2156 nickname. However, I will keep in mind for future 
stories that you and others who contacted me don’t remember such a name 
ever being used./**//*

*//**/Mike Allen/*

*/Arts & Extras columnist/*

*/The Roanoke Times/*

*//*

*//*

*//*

*/From:/**/James Lisle
To: Allen, Mike
Subject: Re: N&W Warhorse...Nah!/*

*//*

*//**/You would have done better asking an actual N&W man!!!/**/
/*

*/Jimmy/**//*

*//*

*/On 5/18/2015 5:44 PM, Allen, Mike wrote:/**//*

*//*

*/Hey, Jimmy, thanks for your note. The info about the “Warhorse” 
nickname came from the transportation museum. /**//*

*//*

*//**//**/Mike Allen/*

*//*

*/From:/**/James Lisle
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 5:23 PM
To: Allen, Mike
Subject: N&W Warhorse...Nah!/**//*

*//*

*//**//**/Mike,/**/
/*

*/    There are many that would appreciate that you not use the name 
"Warhorse" when referring to N&W locomotive #2156! "Workhorse" maybe, or 
as the men that ran and built them, they were just known as "Twenty One 
Hundreds" (pronounced /**/Hunerts/**/to be more precise)./**/
/**//**/
/**/Take care,/**/
/**/Jimmy Lisle/*
"
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On 5/19/2015 10:29 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> The "warhorse" label was generated by the Roanoke Times. Whether they 
> confused it with "workhorse" or simply added the adjective to spice up 
> the story I do not know.
>
> I suggest we write letters to the Roanoke Times pointing out the error.
>
> Ron Davis
>
> On 5/18/2015 12:30 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>> 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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