N&W Steam Locomotive Builders Plates

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Could it have been here?

Jimmy Lisle

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On 8/3/2016 7:25 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> James Flummer
>
>
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