Last Day of Revenue N&W Steam?

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Ken,

Thank you very much for the information. This was exactly what I was
looking for.

Eli Santin

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 3:36 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Eli
>
> This was covered in an extensive article in the Arrow, issue two for 2020,
> which was the 60th Anniversary by Tim Hensley.
>
> to quote the end of the article:
>
> "And, there has been much conjecture as to what locomotive made the actual
> last run. Lloyd Lewis mistakenly wrote in an August, 1964 Railroad Magazine
> story that it was the 2191. This could not have been, as that engine was
> retired at Bluefield on Feb. 29, 1959! Others among the last road engines
> used at Williamson were 2123, 2136 and 2154.
>
> On the morning of May 6, 1960, Y6b 2190 trundled the Pigeon Creek Shifter
> as far west as Kermit on the last main line run; later that afternoon S1a
> 291 (her original number of 215 vacated for a diesel) was called to work a
> second-trick yard job. Crewed by engineer E.H. Richardson and fireman B. J.
> Wallace, it was in the wee hours of May 7 when they sadly and lovingly
> eased the little 291 to a coupling with the cooling 2190 in the dead line.
> There – with a death-rattling hiss and an occasional sigh – N&W steam died
> softly in the night.”
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>
> > On Apr 13, 2023, at 4:08 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a written record of the very last day a steam locomotive ran on
> the N&W in regular service? Which locomotives ran to where on that day?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Eli Santin
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