Listers, The VGN Berks were NOT scrapped the day after the merger. They may have been stricken from the roster at that time but NOT scrapped. They were moved...
Thomas D. Dressler
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Aug 1, 2004 6:54 pm
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... While it would be difficult to argue that N&W needed more steam designs, they did have other steam locomotives. ... very ... Many authors tend to promote...
Just for the record, I made my "few more standard locos" statement from a modelers' perspective. I understand that the N&W tailored their steamers to specific...
Thanks for a great dissertation on the N&W steam, Tom, which you sum up very nicely. So does Mr Brock in his own way with comparisons. Here in Australia, we...
Interesting, insightful comments by Mr. Dressler, Mr. Brock, and Mr. Thurlow, as per usual. Another similarity with the UP, although I think probably a bit...
Good Afternoon Listers, Yes, we could debate steam from now on. No on will ever change my mind and I am sure there are many others who feel differently and...
Thomas D. Dressler
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Aug 4, 2004 7:33 pm
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I think it boils down to each railroad having what it had to have for the job at hand. N&W had the extreme fortune of hauling coal for most of its revenue and ...
True, very true... nobody ever said you had to run a model railroad strictly adhering to a prototype. I bought a lot of stuff off eBay and included in it was a...
Tom, Nice run down on the condition of NS keeping up their physical plant!! Of course both the Southern and N&W always had good physical plant to my best...
When did the use of coke cars end on the N&W? Also, when transporting these cars, were they generally added to coal trains, or in general freights? And how...
Fellow N& W Fans, I'm working on a book on the History of the Budd Company and I'm trying to locate some original photos of Budd-built N&W smooth side ...
Some of the newer N&W coke cars, though few in number, were used well into the NS merger. In the 1950s N&W used converted box cars, stock cars and gondolas to ...
... The DT&I used to haul coke out of Ironton as well, and later, when the southern end of the DT&I was abandoned south of Waverly OH, they got it from the...
Thanks for the replies Doug and Brian! I read a little information about coke transport in the book "Appalachian Coal Mines & Railroads", and became more...
I asked this question on the N&W list server mailing list and never got a reply, so will try here. Does anyone know any of the history of N&W locomotive #578,...
Bob, I don't have any info on N&W #578 but another ex-N&W employee, Tom Dressler, probably has what you want. I'll be sure he sees your question. RE N&W vs....
Bob, 578 was retired in 1958, but was not scrapped and today belongs to the Ohio Railroad Museum in Worthington Ohio. It and 563 were the last two E2's on...
THanks LW... I thought the N&W looked more orangy than the PRR version... since i have an assortment of heavyweight cars in a variety of colors, I thought I...
Bob, I found two bottles of Scale Coat N&W red and here are the paint numbers should you want them: For brass models use #S82, for plastic models #S2082....
Listers, May I ask which style of "coke" cars are you asking about? The later open hopper types or the much earlier older (live)stock cars which were converted...
Thomas D. Dressler
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Aug 19, 2004 7:19 pm
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In a message dated 8/19/2004 3:20:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Is that plant being built by Sun Coke? Bruce B. Reynolds, Trailing Edge Technologies,...
I tried a bottle of the Scalecoat N&W red and thought it much too red. I have one bottle remaining of the old passenger red that I bought from Roanoke Rails...
Hi-I have jusr purchased a model railroad based on Canadian Pacific- amongst the locos was a Norfolk-Western-does anyone know if N.W. locos went into Canada or...
While I am sure anything is possible, I suspect the modeler from whom you bought this model layout was using modeler's artistic license. I may end up doing the...
In a message dated 8/20/2004 10:04:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... After the N & W acquired Wabash, there would be N & W locomotives in Canada, running...
