Steam on NS

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I visited the VMT several years ago and also noted some of what Jerome observed 
- specifically a piston rod was missing (rear engine, fireman's side, if I 
recall).

I've always been curious why.  Since only one has been removed, I can only 
assume there was a mechanical reason that affected only that engine / side.

Matt Goodman
Columbus OH




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Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 8:04:11 AM
Subject: Re: Steam on NS

 Jerome,
 
The missing parts are safely stored in a box car in Roanoke, VA.
 
Thanks,
 
Richard D. Shell
 
In a message dated 7/9/2010 7:01:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
Hasn't been    mentioned so far, but I recall that a couple of main rods and 
perhaps valve    gear parts are missing from # 1218.  Is that correct ?  If the 
parts    are not on the loco, do they even exist anymore ?  I feel fortunate to    
have seen, filmed, and ridden behind 1218 in action from 1987 to    1994, and 
don't think it will happen again.

> 

>Jerome Crosson    (formerly NJ, now MO).

>

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>My understanding is that    she was pretty well worn out overall. Specifically, 

>I know the cylinders are    not correctly in line with the frame (kind of stuck 

>with that, since it's a    solid casting), but that can be dealt with once you 

>know about it. She also    has a number of leaky flues and bad stay bolts. I've 

>been told that every time    a crew member checked them, they'd find more bad 

>ones. Apparently 1218 had a    habit (at least during the NS steam program days) 

>of breaking stay bolts -    don't know if that was always the case or not. 

> 

>I got the    impression that her problems weren't anything that couldn't be 

>fixed, but they    would require massive time and capital, neither of which NS 

>was willing to    invest in something that would never return a penny in 

>revenue, let alone    profit. Certainly other engines have been resurrected from 

>worse condition    (look at some of the Southern engines recently rebuilt or 

>under construction),    but they're usually a labor of love and have the benefit 

>of a wealthy    foundation to support them. How many of us are willing to give 

>up every spare    evening, weekend, and dollar for the foreseeable future in 

>order to see 1218    in steam again? It will take a lot of us... 

> 

>NW Mailing List    wrote: 

>> Does anyone know exactly what problems 1218 had when she    was last used > in 

>>1991? 

>-- Kenneth Rickman - krickman1 at carolina.rr.com 

>Salisbury,    NC 

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