Wreck of VGN 702

[NW Mailing List]

Good Morning

Virginian 702 swapped tenders with one of the ex-N&W class US-E mallets for awhile.  As far as I know this was the only one to receive a former N&W tender.  I don't recall the engine number but I have a picture of an US-E at Elmore with an original Virginian tender.

Tom Marshall


-----Original Message-----
From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Sent: Tue, Jul 18, 2017 8:05 am
Subject: Wreck of VGN 702

I was reading the article [Arrow Vol. 33, No.2] about the wreck of 
Virginian engine #702. I noticed that the engine diagram on page 27 
shows a small rectangular four axle tender. On page 30, the ICC 
investigation reports the tender as rectangular in shape with two four 
wheel trucks and a capacity of 12,000 gals of water. This description 
being consistent with the drawing. Now, look at the photo. Laying on its 
side is a larger N&W style tender (probably with six wheel trucks). Any 
guess as to the inconsistencies?

Jimmy Lisle

________________________________________
NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
To change your subscription go to
http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20170718/32a7fa42/attachment.html>