Seaboard SW9 #2289

CO 2666 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:44 pm

Hello all,
I had the opportunity to visit the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) in Roanoke this past weekend, and I was surprised to see that Seaboard SW9 #2289 is no longer on the property. Upon further inspection, it has been removed from the roster on the museum's website and does not appear in any recent google earth imagery. This locomotive has always been somewhat of an oddball in the collection since it was the only locomotive of CSX (or non-NS) heritage.

I was wondering if anyone here had any information as to this locomotive's whereabouts. It would appear to me as though the museum no longer owns the locomotive, so has it been sold, donated, scrapped? What?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopi ... x?id=22540

Thanks in advance,
-Andrew

robertjohndavis · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:10 am **Posts:** 2499

This was an L&N unit as built, correct?

JohnnyWinkler · **Joined:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:32 pm **Posts:** 85

It's at Southern Appalachia Railway Museum at Oak Ridge,Tn. But the owner of the railroad is evicting them and some equipment will be sold or scrapped.

Termite7 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:29 pm **Posts:** 397

MAY be sold or scrapped...don't jump the gun.

T7