Virginian AG's taken over by N&W

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Here's one opinion - they were inferior to the A's (too much weight on the rails for the same or less T.E.);
not needed as the N&W was dieselizing; so just a candidate for the scrap line.


Jerry Crosson, NWHS residing in St Peters MO.



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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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