Hi yall I've been trying for weeks now to get some form of directions and the easiest way to access the locos. So could somebody please help me out here! I...
Hi Nick, Here's a link to Google Maps with the directions from I-581 to the scrapyard's front gate. If you switch to the satellite view on the map you can see...
Hey just found this site today and was wanting to know what ever has been decided about the four steam engines? Have they been moved? What also wondering if...
I have never been to the site, but they have not been removed from the scrapyard. Norfolk Southern has been trying to find a way to remove them, but have not ...
Theres been ongoing discussions on how to move the engines, we know they cannot be moved by their own wheels, thats out of the question, any attempt to turn...
I have updated the Lost Engines site with new photos and information from a visit last week to the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal yard by Andrew Martin, David...
Super. The engines are looking better. On 1151, it relieves me to see the front smokebox cover nearby. Glad its not missing. Looking in its smokebox re-affirms...
Hey Rich, any relationship to the late Richard Jenkins of CB&Q 5632 fame? Just doing some reading and just checking on Who's who. Theres some actors of the...
Hi Lynn, The gentleman you're thinking of (CB&Q 5632, GTW 5629) was Richard Jensen, and no, we're not related! Interestingly there have been two Hollywood...
Hello everyone. I started a yahoo group awhile back called, Friends of the VA museum of Transport. This group will discuss current events that have and are...
The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society will be holding a special online meeting tonight at 7:00 to discuss new information received today about the...
Virginia Museum of Transportation have saved 4 Steam engine: 917,1118,1134,1151 are all Baldwin 4-8-0 Steam engine and thier are two diesel 662,663 are Baldwin...
1151 is Roanoke built. The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society is taking the lead on getting the engines moved. VMT could not so the Society is...
Hi Everyone, Here is a link to an article in the Roanoke Times. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/xp-162846 Please take note of the last paragraph in the...
I just got off the phone with a reporter from the Roanoke Times, who informed me that N&W 2-8-0 no. 917 will be leaving the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal yard...
It is no doubt too late now, but the axle journals on those engines should be polished and greased before movement, otherwise the babbitt in the brasses will...
They will generally roll if the journals are properly prepared. I realize that this engine will never run again, but it is a shame to see it damaged by people...
sure have missed your pictures on RPN Bob!! Dave Lewandoski **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars....
This is why we must be extra cautious on moving the 4-8-0's. I believe the 4-8-0's may be more solid than other engines, given their long service life. ...
Once we can get the engines at a good restoration location and start digging, the brainstorming can begin. My biggest concern is rust frozen pistons, and you...
Journal preparation involves very cramped, nasty work between the wheels, dropping the grease cellars and greaseblocks (or oil cellars, if so equipped),...
One half revolution of the driving wheels will ruin the babbitt on the driving boxes. Typically, there will be some rolling, even with a crane. Bob Yarger ...
Thanks, I just got tired of the unnecessary insults from that hostile, know-it-all foamer in Baltimore, so decided it was easier to quit.. Bob Yarger Railway...
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