When did Class A and Y6's show up on the Scioto Division?

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Thanks Ken,

I may take you up on that next time we visit Roanoke. In the meantime I'll
continue the search!

Tom

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 8:53 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Hey Tom
>
> No, sorry they are only in the archives at the present. It is a huge,
> heavy ledger. I’ll be glad to pull it out anytime you want to come visit.
>
> In my studying of them, I don’t think you will find anything like you are
> looking. The only assignments were to a Division, except in some case of
> the later Y6/Y6a/Y6b which were assigned to Roanoke Terminal and thus used
> anywhere they needed them.
>
> In addition, the railroad did not keep this particular record as well, and
> the assignments were only the initial assignment, or a second, and perhaps
> a third assignment. The second and third seemed to only be on the earlier
> power, not the later stuff.
>
> Your best bet is to find someone who worked out of those terminals and
> kept good time books, and that is not easy to find.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>
> > On Nov 30, 2021, at 4:59 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ken, are those ledgers available on-line in the archives? I'd very much
> be interested in looking for Auville yard in the 40's and early 50's.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Tom Fulton
> > ---
> > Asheville, NC
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 4:53 PM NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> > Matt
> >
> > I’m sure some one else has a better, more specific answer.
> >
> > One of the ledgers we have at the Archives is one entitled “Locomotive
> Assignments” While it is only a glimpse of a moment in time, it does tend
> to give you the initial assignments of the locomotives, but does only
> occasionally give you when they were moved.
> >
> > So, for the Class A, this based on when they were delivered
> >
> > 1200    Assigned to Radford Division    05-08-1936
> > 1201    Assigned to Norfolk Division    06-10-1936
> > 1202    Assigned to Norfolk Division    04-17-1937
> > 1203    Assigned to Norfolk Division    05-04-1937
> > 1204    Assigned to Norfolk Division    05-27-1937
> > 1205    Assigned to Scioto Division     06-23-1937
> > 1206    Assigned to Scioto Division     07-16-1937
> > 1207    Assigned to Radford Division    08-11-1937
> > 1208    Assigned to Scioto Division     08-31-1937
> > 1209    Assigned to Scioto Division     09-21-1937
> >
> > On the Y6, again, based on actual delivery date of locomotive
> >
> > None were assigned to Scioto Division.
> >
> > There are many of the early Y3s assigned to Scioto with a few others
> appearing earlier, but the first group assigned would be 2050-2073
> beginning in 1923 on delivery. That is a total of 24, at the time, add 2030
> from the Norfolk Division on 09-27-1924 and  2042 and 2043 in late July
> 1934.
> >
> > I wish there were better and more detailed records, but this the best we
> have at the moment.
> >
> > Best
> > Ken Miller
> >
> > > On Nov 30, 2021, at 12:26 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I’m curious when the A’s and Y6’s would have first shown up on the
> Scioto Division, specifically the Columbus District. I’d guess the A’s
> showed up pretty early given the Ohio topography - with the Y6’s trickling
> in here and there.
> > >
> > > Matt Goodman
> > > Columbus, Ohio, US
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