Winston Salem Southbound

Sun Apr 12 09:41:25 EDT 2020

Rick Morrison,

Thanks for the history lesson and the links.  Very nice picture of WSS Mikado #300.  

Bill Demarest

> On Apr 12, 2020, at 8:44 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Mikados 300 and 301 were built  new for WSS in 1925.  They were built at the same time as an order for 2-10-2's were being built for ACL by Baldwin. They eventially attained an N&W look with N&W tenders and pilots.  The two bought from ACL were 827 in 1950 and 834 in 1952.  They got ex-N&W tenders, but I think they kept their ACL pilots. Two N&W W-2's, 711 and 714 worked on WSS until the end of steam in 1957.  At some point 711 had an ex-ACL tender. When N&W started to replace steam with diesel, WSS did the same.
> 
> WSS is still in operation today, jointly owned by CSX and NS. A lot of history on-line as well as what the operation looks like today:
> 
> https://www.google.com/search?q=Winston+Salem+Southbound+steam+photos
> 
> https://www.wvncrails.org/winston-salem-southbound-railway.html
> 
> --Rick Morrison
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> Ed Burnett,
>> You explained that the “Winston Salem Southbound actually owned four 2-8-2 mikados: numbers 300 and 301 . . .”
>> Please forgive my lack of knowledge — new-comer to the fascinating history of the N&W.   What was the relationship of the “Winston Salem Southbound” you mentioned to the N&W?
>> Bill Demarest
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 7:22 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>>> Winston Salem Southbound actually owned four 2-8-2 mikados: numbers 300 and 301
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