Locomotive names

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Well well well  no surprise here

Larry Evans
Keno a WV

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> On May 20, 2015, at 12:44 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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