N&W Builders Numbers

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A bit more detailed information for you, since you also we looking for 
dates

Information is as follows: Road Number delivery date, construction 
number, retired date and location

600  10-20-1941    c/n 311    06-16-1959 Lamberts Point
601  11-17-1941    c/n 312    03-27-1959 Portsmouth
602  12-08-1941    c/n 313    01-08-1959 Bluefield
603  12-24-1941    c/n 314    04-15-1959 Bluefield
604  01-27-1942    c/n 315    10-22-1958 Shaffers Crossing

605  10-23-1943    c/n 347    06-15-1959 Williamson
606  11-18-1943    c/n 348    05-22-1959 Bluefield
607  11-30-1943    c/n 349    02-28-1958 Shaffers Crossing
608  12-14-1943    c/n 350    05-22-1959 Bluefield
609  12-14-1943    c/n 351    05-22-1959 Bluefield
610  12-20-1943    c/n 352    08-21-1959 Crewe

611  05-29-1950    c/n 388    10-24-1959 Shaffers Crossing
612  06-27-1950    c/n 389    08-21-1959 Lamberts Point
613  07-24-1950    c/n 390    03-27-1959 Portsmouth

These dates are from official equipment ledgers, retirement dates are 
not the date sold for scrap, but physically removal from roster.

600-604 cost new $166,917 each, 602 was equipped with Franklin trailing 
truck booster at an additional cost of $12,348, it was removed in 
12-1945
605-610 cost new $141,280 each, built as J1 Freight Locomotives without 
streamlining, lightweight alloy rods and roller bearings, all rebuilt 
to streamlined locomotives with roller bearings, lightweight rods 
beginning in 01-1945. Most service was still as passenger locomotives 
despite the freight locomotive description.
611-613 cost new $251,544 each

Ken Miller

On Aug 24, 2004, at 8:09 AM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> 	I would like to see the complete list of builders numbers and dates 
> with their corresponding "J" locomotive number for all the "J"s.   I 
> wonder if Ken Miller would be kind enough to post that information.  I 
> have his book on the "J" and it's a great book, but he does not have 
> that detailed information in the book.
>
> 	I have lots of 16mm and slides of the "J".  I spent many enjoyable 
> hours chasing "J"s in the late 50's, while assigned to the Mine 
> Warfare School.
>
> Ron Peisker
>
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