N&W Purchase of Used Engines & Tenders

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This  interests me as my layout has a N&W W2, Y6b no 2200 and an ACL R-1.
This dates me to 1953, W2s scrapped by then, 2200 built then and R-1s
scrapped then tenders bought  by the N&W.  My excuse is that the R-1 is on
its way to scrap, but it's tender has not yet been removed by the N&W.  It
would be interesting to know the true story.

Richard Hood
Abrum I recall some AFE's in the Archives several years ago. Some history
on the purchases might lurk there.  Cal Reynolds.

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*Subject:* Re: N&W Purchase of Used Engines & Tenders

No documentation, but I do remember seeing a C&O 0-8-0  come through
Bluefield while being loaned by the C&O for N&W to test, prior to the
decision to buy all 30 of them. So I assume that C&O approached N&W to
propose the sale, since C&O was buying diesel switchers.

Jim Nichols



On Monday, November 9, 2015 7:47 AM, NW Mailing List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


Is the "back story" still known surrounding the purchase of ACL and B&LE
tenders, and C&O 0-8-0 switchers?

By "back story," I mean not the simple fact that the purchases were made,
but rather the stories behind the purchases.  Who found the pieces?  What
examinations were made, and by whom, and do their reports still exist?  Who
suggested the purchases, and how far up the food chain did the approval
process progress?  What prices were paid, and was there dickering over the
prices?  How were the various pieces of equipment moved to Roanoke?  What
modifications were suggested, and what modifications were actually made?

This topic might make an interesting article... if the underlying
documentation still exists.

-- abram burnett

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