N&W Y6a en-route to Roanoke!

as12 · **Joined:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:24 pm **Posts:** 115

Today, N&W Y6a 2156 was removed from the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis and was towed across the Mississippi at 2:30 pm. This has been the first time the Y6 has crossed the river in more than 50 years.

Stay tuned as videos make their way onto the internet....

Reading 900 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:27 pm **Posts:** 118

Great news! Nice video on the O scale forum of the 2156 leaving MOT, being towed out by the 2100 and 2 other units, then the 2156, 3 Norfolk Southern passenger cars and loaded hopper cars for additional brakes. IIRC the brakes on the 2156 do work for the trip.

Alan

aswright · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2015 9:27 pm

There's a Facebook group posting pics and attempting to follow it on its route to Roanoke, VA.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Track-NW-2156/927422067280073

Unseenthings · **Joined:** Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:51 pm **Posts:** 154

Any idea on why the passenger equipment is along for the ride? Where they collecting cars along the route to return to Roanoke? I assume it somehow made sense to pick up the tender in chattanooga and bring it west to return it east, so...

TimReynolds · **Joined:** Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:11 pm **Posts:** 287

The N&W Baggage car, and the "Florida" were in 4501's consist last Friday when she ventured to Cleveland and back. I was up in Chattanooga for 4501's 2015 debut in March, and the water tender and Florida were there for work, don't recall seeing the baggage/tool car.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Museum-o ... 20?fref=ts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7WjLRzdos

as12 · **Joined:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:24 pm **Posts:** 115

This guy managed to get the only footage of the Y6a going across the Mississippi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO_Eu1Zw4VQ

Charlie · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2015 1:08 am

Major kudos to all of the railroads involved for their willingness to handle a move of this type!

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2015 3:33 am

Charlie wrote:

Major kudos to all of the railroads involved for their willingness to handle a move of this type!

Heartily seconded, especially considering the policy of a certain other road. . .

Can't help but dream, but is it possible there may be a call to get her to run again? I know, I know, loads of money, restricted top speed, too much power, four cylinders and compound, too--but we can dream. . .

Dave Lewandoski · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:58 pm **Posts:** 1061

if we didn't dream, all these locomotives would have been cut up, or long cold rusting away forgotten in a park.

Becky Morgan · **Joined:** Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:22 pm **Posts:** 467

Exactly!

Dream it, come up with a good solid plan and do it.

boilerwash · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2015 12:40 pm

What routing is the engine going to take to get to Roanoke? I'm assuming it's going to Danville, KY and then south down the CNO&TP to Knoxville then East to Roanoke since that's the most direct way.

If this correct what day is the engine expected to make the move down the CNO&TP down to Knoxville?

Mark Jordan · **Joined:** Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:21 am **Posts:** 473

Routing through WV on N&W:

Zak Lybrand · **Joined:** Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:57 am **Posts:** 210

Was anybody else at the RPCA dinner with Wick Moorman as the keynote speaker in 2010? Mr. Moorman openly joked with the representative from the MOT about getting "his" Y back. I didn't think anything close to that was ever going to happen.

as12 · **Joined:** Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:24 pm **Posts:** 115

No, but I do remember the "Free N&W Y6a 2156. 25 years in captivity is enough!" bumper stickers that circulated for a while.

Still get a good laugh out of those.

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

from the nkp group

Attention, there is a special movement of an N&W 2-8-8-2 from St. Louis to Bellevue. It went through North Findlay at about 8.35 this evening travelling at about 25-30 mph.

“The Guv”
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Dan L. Merkel
Membership Director, NKPHTS

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