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...
Hi All There is a fundraising in the works to save the rest of the engines and equipment. As soon as we are ready we will let everyone know. Andrew Martin...
The cost is the move of them, the engines are offered free of charge to the one who can get them out. Big problem there. NKP 765 was leased to the Fort Wayne...
I can assure that the journals will be rusted. Water drips off the boiler right over the journals and onto them. And in that humid climate, they will rust...
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