I like the ultimate steam locmotives: the improved Y5/Y6, the roller bearing A and the last J’s. The introduction of the A-tanks in 1952. The testing of the cheater EMD F7 ABBA set, Jawn Henry aka TE-1 #2300.
Well, I model post Conrail merger NS, so I have a number of cars still in N&W lively. But I guess that that dosen’t really count…
Hey Nigel, I’ve got a few N&W freight cars on my 1950 NKP layout, does that count?
Of course, to a die hard NKP fan, the word “N&W” is the worst swear you can utter…
I model some modern NS but like orsonroy the words NS/NW/SOU are the worst thing you can say here along ex CR lines.
I’d like to model the N&W at the peak of steam. Their mallets are awesome and I love their J’s. The N&W truly respected steam for what it was worth. Maybe if I can get a hold of an extra piece of plywood…
I have a N&W GP59. Does that count?
Gordon [:)]
I’ve been an N&W fan since my first encounter with them in Roanoke around 1956. Most of my modeling has been in the 1950-1962 period as I appreciate the diesels they used and the way they used them as well as the super steamers they built. Besides I just can’t resist a high-hood GP-30.
Lately, however, I’ve been more and more attracted to the smaller engines and N&W of the pre-WWII period. I think buying the new book by Thieme may have pushed me over the edge there! I also just got an M-2 from PSC and that kinda makes me want more of them and the M, E-2 and K-1 classes.
Roger
I’m not a die-hard N&W fan, but I do own a Y3. And I do think the A class is pretty sweet.
My freelance Virginia & East Tennessee Railway is a connecting line to the N&W. The V&ET Northern Division is the N&W track running north from Bristol TN to the N&W mainline near Bluefield. The V&ET Southern Division is the Southern track from Bristol to Knoxville.
The V&ET carries through freight for both the N&W and Southern using their motive power. The Bristol yards has maintenance for both roads, and local freight may be dropped at the interchange points or at the Bristol yards for distribution by the V&ET in its area. The V&ET also runs commuter trains on its right of way.
My scale is HO and the time is May of 1953.
I appear to be the only one modeling N&W in 1971! I think this is the best year to model NW, because of the extreme variety of paint schemes at the time. Many of the merger-road units were still wearing original paint (certainly a LOT of my fictional road’s merged equipment is still wearing its original red and black). However, contrary to the poll’s categories, I do not model the midwest, but rather northern Virginia and West Va. I’ve just finished describing my railroad for another thread, so look for more depth there if you’re curious.
I model the N & W because I was born and raised in N & W territory, Farmville, then Blackstone, Va., where I now live. As a child in Farmville, my father would take me to the train station on weekends to see the big steamers roll through town. Then, A’s, Y’s, and J’s thundered through town pretty much all day long! As one can imagine, being a child of about six years old, I was totally DUMBSTRUCK by these “fire-breathing monsters”! I’ve never gotten over it! I also had an uncle (deceased) who was a machinist at the Roanoke shops in the late thirties and early forties. I used to love to hear his stories about them building and maintaining those magnificent machines. They were, indeed, the most advanced steam engines ever. Not the biggest, just the BEST!
Mike Crafton, Blackstone, Va.
I interchange with N&W at Richlands (N&W coming from staging - Bluefield) and I use trackage rights over N&W from Iaeger to Wharncliffe. I do have too many N&W locos.