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...
has it been announced where in Ohio the engine is going? Dave Lewandoski **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used...
In a message dated 7/8/2008 10:25:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bobyar2001@... writes: I just got tired of the unnecessary insults from that hostile,...
50 years of service puts the wear on no doubt, I tend to believe when the N&W got the 0-8-0's they took these out of service. Other 4-8-0's continued service...
Bob, I know that hostile, "know it all" foamer in Baltimore, and he's really pretty harmless in person, and actually a rather good drinking companion. Do...
Purchasing is probably the least of the cost, moving it is the expensive part. At the Connecticut Eastern RR Museum, in Willimantic, Ct we recently sent RFQs...
Many heartfelt thanks and congrats. to all who have worked so hard on behalf of the "Lost Engines' over many years. The rescue of 917 is wonderful news and a...
Wow sounds like a men needs to start moving things and for get about fixing trucks. Seems to me someone could start a web page and ask people to donate a...
