RE Scrap Metal Value of N&W Big Steam (NW Mailing List)

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Thanks to all for the insight. For a mere 5K (though a fair amount of money
in 1959) I am surprised other loco's weren't saved/bought out from under
the scrapper.

To Ken MIller;

Yes my mention of the Lost Engines of Roanoke may not have quite fit my
narrative of those locos that could have been saved but weren't. But, I
thought I recall several individuals and groups tried to acquire them many
years ago but were always rebuffed until they were "saved" several years
ago. So I brought them up in passing. I am sure there are better examples
but not sure of that.

To Jack:
Prince's book "Norfolk & Western Railway‑‑Pocahontas Coal Carrier" has a
list of every N&W steam locomotive with info such as builder, build date,
construction no., disposition, etc." From page 147 I found the following

600   Scrapped   June 1959
613   Scrapped   March 1959

In fact all J's appear to have been scrapped/sold in 1959. Of course with
the exception of 611.

Kevin Byrd
Chesterfield, VA

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> Do you know the time frame the 601 and 613 were scrapped?
>
> Jack
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> To follow up on what Ken Miller said, my father used to mention to us
> that the average engine went for around $5K.  We saw a lot of them
> headed to scrap here in Batavia, as they headed to Cincinnati (2
> scrapyards on the west side).  We saw just about everything come
> through here, except maybe a J.  I know 601 and 613 were torched at
> Portsmouth.  Perhaps one that Ken mentioned getting weighed was one of
> those two engines.  They were about the last J's to work out of
> there.  "N&W In Transition" is a video we did a couple of years ago,
> and it has a good selection of dead engines headed to scrap being
> towed on the local to Clare.  I was a kid back then, but remember
> seeing a lot of 2-8-8-2's among K class, S class, and even some Class
> A engines like 1232, which happened to be on the last time freight
> from Clare(Steam) in 1956.  It finished out in Portsmouth when
> everything was dieselized on the west end.
> Greg Scholl
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