1950's N&W Steam excursions

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On the N&W Class M, I personally never heard them referred to as anything but an "M". However, I asked TIm Hensley about the "Mollie" and here was his response.

Boys,

Rest most assuredly that were called "Mollies" on the Scioto Division.  In my tape of Abingdon Branch engineer F. T. Nichols, he refers to them as the same.  Class Zs were known as "baby Malleys."

Tim Hensley

If Nichols called them "Mollies" I'd assume he knew what he was talking about, since that is what he ran regularly.

Ken Miller
On Sep 10, 2013, at 12:48 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> Jim - the use of "Big Emmas" in reference to the L&B Berkshires has some credibility, much more than the N&W reference to "Mollies".

> 

> Years ago TRAINS magazine ran a full-issue biography of the L&N engines written by well-known L&N historian Charles B. Castner.  All throughout this biography Castner refers to the engines as "Emmas", the implication being that they were so called during their service lives, not just a railfan reference.

> 

> Ron Flanary can probably tell more about that than I can, but I do remember the TRAINS issue.  Still have it, somewhere.

> 

> Castner was a meticulous historian, a darn good writer, and a pretty fair country boogie-woogie piano player.

> 

> EdK

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> Ed-

> 

> No offense taken. It's like railfans coining L&N's M1 2-8-4's "Big

> Emmas". I always heard them called "M1's". But the "Big Emma" name has

> stuck.

> I think I first heard the term "Mollie" in a book.

> 

> However, I still could use the info on those '50's excursions.

> 

> -Jim Herron

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