Subject: N&W Steam Locomotive Builders Plates

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In 1958, my brother drove my 1956 Studebaker down to Portsmouth,  
Ohio, to visit the scrapper for all those N&W steam locomotives.

The Builder's plates were plied in a heap and my brother bought  
several for $ 1.00 each. His main concern was loading the two bells  
he purchased at $75.00 each and the J headlight and marker lights he  
also purchased for $75.00.

The plates are numbered 411, 394, 279, and 268.

The headlight was cut out of 605 in my brothers presence, and the  
markers are off of 607.

One the bells was off of Y3a 2073, the other was a Clinchfield bell.

He was almost down to the springs when he left town in that Studebaker.

We regret to this day not renting a truck, and driving back down  
there to fill it up with "Goodies"!

Ron Peisker
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> I was viewing Bill Gordon's "Norfolk and Western Railway" album on  
> Flickr this morning. One of his magnificent photos  is of"Y6a" 2156  
> at the Boaz pusher siding in May, 1958. In the comments Section, it  
> was mentioned that 2156 had no builders plates.
> I have viewed many N&W "Y" Class photos and slides and have noticed  
> an absence of builders plates.
> Where were the plates?
> Did the Company scrap them while steam was operating?
> If not on the locomotives, were the plates kept somewhere in the  
> Roanoke Shops?
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> Thanks,
>
> James Flummer
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