New Member & Tallulah Falls Railway #73

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Kenneth,

Overland Models produced a model of the N&W G1 in 1979.  You should 
be able to locate one on eBay or some of the brass dealers on the 
internet.  If you find one that still has its original gear tower, 
you will have to replace it and the gear on the axle since the 
original gearbox is made of a metal that turns to dust over time, 
like in less than five years.  I doubt you will find one that has the 
original gearbox in which the screws holding on the cover haven't 
fallen out.  I've repowered several, but it's been awhile, so I 
forget the best NWSL gearbox. I also usually replace the motor with a 
NWSL/Sagami #1630, I believe.

Welcome,

Sam Putney

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Kenneth

Baldwin 4-6-0 23848 was built March 1904 with 17x24 Cyl. 56 inch 
drivers as the TF # 3. The Baldwin records indicate it was built as a 
4ft. 9inch gauge locomotive. The number was apparently changed to 73 
at a later date.

Baldwin 2-8-0  15154 was built Jan. 1897 as N&W number 354.  It was 
renumbered 202 July 1906. Sold to the Tulluah Falls as their  # 72 
after the N&W retired the locomotive in 1911. It was one of the 7 
class G1 locomotives.  The 353/201/7 is in a park in Bluefield, WV 
and the 352 Renumbered 200 and  finally # 6 is in the Roanoke 
Transportation Museum.

Jim Blackstock

My model railroad is a fictional extension of the Tallulah Falls 
Railway, from Franklin, NC to Almond, NC, where it meets up with 
Southern's Murphy Branch.  In researching the history of the TF's 
motive power, I found that at least two locomotives came from the 
N&W.  One was a consolidation, #72, which is shown as being N&W #354, 
and/or(?) #202.  It was built in 1897 by Baldwin, builder's number 
15154.  While I would like to learn more about that locomotive, it is 
the other that I am interested in at the moment. Everything I know 
about this locomotive can be summed up in the following line -

#73 - 4-6-0 - BLW 23848 3/04 - orig. TF #3 - 17x24-56 - orig. N&W

This must have been a relatively small ten wheeler, to have 56" 
drivers. Does anyone know what class or number this may have been on 
the N&W? Ideally, does anyone have photos, or at least a little more 
information about her?  I have a small drivered Bachmann ten wheeler 
(lettered for Southern) which I am hoping would be a reasonable 
stand-in for this engine.