Virginian AG's taken over by N&W

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By the time the Virginian was merged into the N&W in 1959 steam was on the way out. Stuart Saunders who was president of the N&W at the time dieselized most of the railroad by 1959 and he had no intention of adding more steam power. It would make for an interesting "what if" if N&W was still mainly steam powered had they bought the Virginian and used their AG.

Very Respectfully,
Joseph Congemi

> On Jan 9, 2016, at 04:25, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Members , here is a question from an Englishman
> 
> I have read several books on the Virginian RR and Gene Huddlestones book on the H8
> 
> My question is  :Why did the N&W mothball the 8 AG's it inherited from the Virginian. It seems to me that those 8 locomotives would have fitted in well with N&W "A" diagrams
> 
> Geoff Burton
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