Steam & Excursion > N&W Y6a #2156 moved yet?

Will someone please provide an up-date on the status of N&W Y6a, in St Louis, Mo..  Thanks in advance.

They just installed a TransCore tracker on the unit last week, think they are waiting till the night photo shoot.

Theodore Picraux
St. Peters, MO
Shuttletrain's Wanderings

shuttletrain Wrote:
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> They just installed a TransCore tracker on the
> unit last week, think they are waiting till the
> night photo shoot.

The "unit"???????

HotWater Wrote:
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> shuttletrain Wrote:
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> > They just installed a TransCore tracker on the
> > unit last week, think they are waiting till the
> > night photo shoot.
>
> The "unit"???????


Uh Oh...

HotWater Wrote:
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> shuttletrain Wrote:
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> > They just installed a TransCore tracker on the
> > unit last week, think they are waiting till the
> > night photo shoot.
>
> The "unit"???????

Oh no! Someone used the U word!

shuttletrain Wrote:
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> They just installed a TransCore tracker on the
> unit last week, think they are waiting till the
> night photo shoot.

Didn't they already remove rods and such? Seems like it would be nice to have such a photo shoot before removing parts, no?

-K

One would think but.....

I heard they are waiting until the NS gets their DDA40X repainted. 

A little thing like missing rods would not deter the night photo artistes; just throw a little fog in there. I think they've done night shoots at VMT with (piston?) rods removed.

I wonder if they have disabled the traction motors on the unit?

Good googly moogly   and people call me  a trouble maker  The Ironduke

I like to think you're not trying to be funny, but that was pretty darn funny shuttletrain.

Al Seever
Phoenix, AZ



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/15 10:48 by alco636.

unit: an individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex
whole.

And to bring this back on topic, there was a post this morning on the N&W Historical Society email list that not much has changed over the winter and they still aren't giving a special date when she'll move. It's suggested that it may not be until summer.

Only guess I would hazard is it will arrive in Roanoke shortly before 611 so they can prep her for the big photoshoot.

(Rumor mill says they are planning to replicate the famous N&W company photo of the J, A and a Y-6 once they are all in Roanoke.)

A bigger question will be the route she will take. The short way involves the super busy and crew short CNO&TP. The long way add several hundred miles BUT will go former N&W rails all the way from Columbus to Roanoke, which might make for a better PR story.

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