Bristol boiler

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Wasn't the 2018 used as a stationary boiler at the Union Carbide plant in Charleston, WV before it was restored to excursion service?
Rick Huddle

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I never realized that using old locos as stationary boilers was as prevalent as responses indicate.  I also, don't remember this topic being covered by an Arrow article.  If there are a few photos and some remembrances, looks like this could be a nice little article that I believe many would find quite interesting, hint, HINT!  I would be more than happy to help put it together if someone would take point on this.
Thanks,
Jim Cochran

On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org<mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:
N&W used boilers from scrapped locomotives as stationary boilers in many locations. The one in the Crewe roundhouse was from a Z1. The one at Pulaski was from an M (and I took a photo of it at Bluefield before it was installed in Pulaski.) This one at Bristol looks like either an M or a W.

Jim Nichols

On Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:19:47 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org<mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote:


Ebay photo:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/388718438868?_skw=norfolk+western&itmmeta=01K0GV3Q7E7TWCB0CRQ44T700T&hash=item5a816ca9d4:g:apkAAeSwW6loeDND&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cW7k%2FyNP1oKIKrsbxXHrhFz2GZ5Ci%2BTbwQ938mSAO7NBegTeUtjEMDQHESMDJ0G5jCkYVGU6JQGz17agj5Hh1z%2Ft4IDT4Vsmj%2Fo9OqcHhtjnMMuFIlwdS5%2BuyeX7HV5k%2F4z8aaA1dT8UJhCChJbzZjarB4ImOMO1WJ6d4kMYQSQTtB8j7%2BcDxj75Zzx17%2FD%2FwVZb402qECRWh8W1lslZHjJMfHNWfcJf5uHRuyoyRGOo3EtFBxh6OcrWJ8RB9tGO0%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4T0jpuEZg

Looks like a loco was converter to a stationary boiler with one HECK of a stack added.  What a scene to model?
Anybody know anything about this, like what loco was converted?
Thanks,
Jim Cochran
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