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Gordon

That was indeed compiled by Art Bixby. The reason for boiler numbers as 
opposed to construction numbers is that N&W kept the records on boilers 
built as opposed to new construction. Two were built to replace 
existing or destroyed boilers. No. 265 was applied to Radford Tie 
Treating Plant No. 1, a narrow gauge 2-6-0T in 1932, and 413 was a new 
boiler for Y5 2115 in March 1951 after a boiler explosion in 1950

Roanoke Machine Works plates and numbers ran from 1(1884) to 152 
(1893), then Roanoke Shops from 153 (1900)  to the end with 449 (1953).

Ken Miller

> According to a tabulation titled, "Locomotives and Boilers 
> Manufactured by
> Roanoke Shops," which I believe may have been compiled by the late N & 
> W
> historian, Art Bixby in the 1970's, the first locomotive produced by 
> the
> Roanoke Machine Works, the photographically immortalized Class I 
> locomotive
> 117, outshopped 9/1884, had the boiler number "1."  The 118 had boiler
> number "2," etc.
>
> Although this tabulation uses the term "boiler number," the more common
> terms are "builder's number," "builder number" or "construction number"
> usually depending on the builder.
>
> Gordon Hamilton