NE-6 Caboose

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Dave:

Thanks. Reason I asked is Atlas has the NE-6 (their model designation 
and maybe that is where the problem is) lettered for N&W in at least 
two numbers I have seen - 557777 and 557780. They are nice-looking 
models and would look better I think at the end of one of my coal 
drags than the bay window I have that I KNOW is not appropriate for 
1954-ish time frame. I don't KNOW for sure that the N&W ever actually 
had any bay window cabooses and if they did, they were aquired prolly 
from the NKP or Wabash in the merger wars. The Atlas model LOOKS 
almost identical to the caboose parked in Rural Retreat by the old 
station, as well as the one parked at the end of the NEw River Trail in Galax.

Bob Welsh
Hillsville, VA
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Subject: NE-6 Caboose



>Bob,

>

>I am by no means an expert when it comes to the N&W and its 

>equipment so I have to rely on  sources other than myself. I do have 

>a copy of "Cabooses of the Norfolk and Western" by Robert Bowers and 

>James Brewer so I consulted it.  It does not list the class NE-6 in 

>the book.  It could be that the NE-6 designation is for a merger 

>railroad and is listed differently for the N&W. I'll need to dig 

>into the "Cabooses" book in an effort to find out.   May be some one 

>on the list could further enlighten us on the subject?

>

>Dave Moorehead

>Milford, Ohio

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