End of Steam - Last classified repairs

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I don't have time today to check out my recollection, but I believe the 
Erecting Shop Foreman was R. A. Henry, _Sr._ His son R. A. (Ron) 
Henry,_Jr._ worked in the Motive Power Office building when I did.

Gordon Hamilton

On 5/7/2020 10:18 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> John – I didn’t know him.
> EKing
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> *Sent:* Thursday, May 07, 2020 7:31 PM
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> *Subject:* RE: End of Steam - Last classified repairs
>
> Ed,  Did you know R. A. Henry, Jr. - Erecting Shop Foreman Roanoke?  
> He worked at Shaffers Xing earlier.  Any repliers welcome.   John Garner
>
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> *Sent:* Sunday, May 3, 2020 10:21 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: End of Steam - Last classified repairs
>
> The last N&W locomotive to get Class 2 repairs (new firebox) was A 
> 1220.  When I worked in Roanoke Shop in the summer of 1957 these 
> repairs were ongoing and the engine was outshopped shortly after I left.
>
> - Ed King
>
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>
> *Sent:*Sunday, May 03, 2020 3:32 AM
>
> *To:*NW Mailing List
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> *Subject:*End of Steam - Last classified repairs
>
> In response to a question from Bob Cohen, Bud Jeffries researched when 
> the last classified repairs were performed for each class of locomotive.
>
> Here is what he found:
>
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>
> Note: Both Roanoke Shops and Portsmouth Shop did classified repairs until
> 8-1957. After that date it appears that only Roanoke Shops did these
> repairs.
>
> Class Last shopping Remarks
>
> E-2 6-1953        After 1951, only three were left; two lasted to late 
> 1958.
>
> M-2 8-1953        Only 21 remained after 1953; all retired by mid-1957.
>
> M 10-1955        16 remained after 1953; all retired by mid-1958.
>
> Z-1b 5-1956        Began retiring in ’56; all retired by 4-1958.
>
> Y-3 2-1957        Began retiring in ’57; all retired by 5-1959.
>
> Y-4 7-1956        All retired in 1958.
>
> K-1 8-1957        2 retired in ’57; all retired by 10-1958.
>
> K-2 5-1957        2 retired in ’57; 17 retired in 1958 and 3 in 7-1959.
>
> S-1 3-1958        Began retiring 6-58; all retired by 9-1960.
>
> Y-5/Y-6 3-1958        Began retiring 6-58; all retired by 9-1960.
>
> A 5-1958        Began retiring 6-58; all retired by 8-1959.
>
> J 5-1958        Began retiring 10-58; all retired by 10-1959.
>
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>
> From: Bob Cohen
> To: nw-mailing-list-owner at nwhs.org
>
> This may have been covered before but now with so much time available I'll
> inquire, just in case it has not been published or shared.
>
> When were the LAST of each of the various major classes of locomotives
> SHOPPED at Roanoke? I am referring to A's, E's, K's, M's, Z's and even J's
> even though I suspect that last class of 14 has been published since 
> it has
> been in the public eye so often. I'm not including the G's and W's since
> those were so few and often departed for the boneyard, as well as the S
> class switchers, which largely came on board late in the game.
>
> Is there any record of when the shops ceased doing the class repairs?
>
> Idle minds make for the devil's workshop here.
>
> Bob Cohen
>
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> Ron Davis
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