Locomotive names

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The "warhorse" label was generated by the Roanoke Times. Whether they 
confused it with "workhorse" or simply added the adjective to spice up 
the story I do not know.

I suggest we write letters to the Roanoke Times pointing out the error.

Ron Davis

On 5/18/2015 12:30 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> More than 65 years ago, the N&W’s Class Y-6 was referred to as the 
> “the workhorse of the N&W”.  That is exactly what it was, a 
> WORKHORSE.  I don’t know where this new term came from, but this needs 
> to be stopped.  If the term Warhorse remains, it is a disservice to 
> the 2156 and the old N&W.
> The 2156 is a historical artifact and its appearance and information 
> should be accurate and authentic.  As an N&W historian, I cannot let 
> this go by and be a part in this new naming.
> Bud Jeffries

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