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7/7/12 - Chesapeake Western 662 RestoredThe restoration of Baldwin diesel no. 662 has been completed by the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS. The locomotive was delivered to her new home at the Virginia Museum of Transportation on July 5th, with an unveiling and dedication ceremony on the 7th. Although she was not restored to operation, the engine received a very thorough cosmetic restoration and looks absolutely stunning. Congrats to the Roanoke Chapter for a job well done! Photos of the restoration on the Roanoke Chapter's Facebook page: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 Press coverage of the restored 1134 - May 31, 2010Rising from the rust - Roanoke Times, 5/30/10 Restored locomotive arrives for Portsmouth museum - The Virginian-Pilot, 5/20/10 Ports. railroad museum nears completion - WAVY Channel 10 News, 5/19/10 N&W 1134 Back in One Piece in Portsmouth - May 20, 2010The three sections (boiler, frame/running gear, and cab) of Norfolk & Western 1134 arrived at her new home at the Railroad Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth over the weekend of May 15-16, joining the restored 16,000-gallon tender from the Roanoke scrapyard, along with several other pieces of rolling stock in the RRMoV collection. Reassembly of the locomotive was completed on Monday the 17th. N&W 1134 Rides the Rails Again! - May 10, 2010Well, half of her anyway. The two main sections of cosmetically-restored N&W 1134 have left Roanoke, bound for Portsmouth for final re-assembly and display at the Railroad Museum of Virginia. Although the frame and running gear are making the journey by rail on a flatcar, the boiler was loaded onto a lowboy trailer for delivery by road. Photos of the 1134 move by Wizzy Strom on rrpicturearchives.net Photos of the 1134 restoration and move by Mike Davenport on Flickr 1134 Restoration Nearly Complete - April 25, 2010The Roanoke Times ran an article today about the restoration of N&W 1134, which is nearing completion. The restored 16,000-gallon tender is already at the display site in Portsmouth, VA, and the locomotive is expected to be joining it in the coming weeks. 'We're real close to the end' - Roanoke Times article 4/25/10 TWVRPS Donates "Lost Engines" Funds - September 24, 2009The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society raised almost $4,000 in its Lost Engines Appeal. Now that the "Lost Engines" are saved and the long process of restoration has begun, TWVRPS has chosen to donate this money to the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS to support its efforts to restore N&W 1118 and Chesapeake Western 663, and the Virginia Musem of Transportation's Chesapeake Western 662. Restoration Begins - September 24, 2009Wizzy Strom has posted some new pictures of the move of the Chesapeake Western diesels and restoration work on 1134 being performed at the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS. Photos of the diesel moves on the Lost Engines Yahoo Group Photos of the diesels and 1134 on rrpicturearchives.net VMT Blog Updated with Photos and Video of the Lost Engines Moves - September 8, 2009The Virginia Museum of Transportation's blog has been updated with a new post about the Lost Engine moves, with photos of the 1151 move and video of the Chesapeake Western diesels being towed into the 9th Street yard of the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS for restoration. Lost Engine moves on the VMT blog Photos of the 1118 Move - September 4, 2009Photos by Wizzy Strom on rrpicturearchives.net The Saved Engines of Roanoke - September 1, 2009Twelve years, nearly to the day, since the Lost Engines of Roanoke website was launched, the scrapyard siding is finally empty. The two Norfolk & Western tenders were removed from the yard on Thursday, August 27, followed by the two Chesapeake Western diesels on Friday. This week, the remaining loose parts will be collected from the ground, the rails will be removed, and the South Jefferson Street yard of the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal Company will be just a memory. The "Lost Engines of Roanoke" are lost engines no more, now begins the long process of restoration. Lost Engines update posted on Railway Preservation News End of an Era: The Last Steam Locomotives Have Left the Yard - August 26, 2009Of the thousands of steam locomotives that went into the nation's scrapyards at the end of the steam era, Norfolk & Western 1118 became the very last one left awaiting her fate, after the departure of 1134 on Monday. Thankfully, hers is a much happier fate than so many that went before her, and her turn to leave the yard came on Tuesday, after 59 years in waiting. Both locomotives are now at the 9th Street facility of the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS, which is the new home of 1118, and where 1134 will receive cosmetic restoration work before going to Portsmouth for display. Photos of the 1151 Move - August 24, 2009Photos on N&W Historical Society website Photos by Wizzy Strom on rrpicturearchives.net Press Coverage of the 1151 Move - August 22, 2009Steam locomotive moved to the transportation museum in Roanoke - WDBJ Channel 7 News 'Lost engine' 1151 spirited to transportation museum - Roanoke Times The Big Move Begins... - August 21, 2009The Virginia Museum of Transportation has announced that M2c no. 1151 will be moving from the scrapyard today. M2 no. 1134 will begin her journey on Monday, and will receive cosmetic restoration work before being delivered to her new home in Portsmouth, Virginia in the spring. The locomotive boilers will be separated from the frames for the move. The Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS has concluded a deal to trade their E.J. Lavino 0-6-0T no. 34 to Will Harris in exchange for M2 no. 1118, which will now remain in Roanoke at the NRHS chapter's 9th Street facility. Announcement from the VMT regarding the 1151 move Updates to Other "Lost Engines" pages - August 17, 2009I have posted some new photos of Simons Wrecking Co. no. 2 undergoing cosmetic restoration in her new home in Essex, Connecticut, and American Viscose Co. no. 6 in steam at the Owosso, Michigan Trainfest. "Lost Engines" to be Saved by VMT - July 20, 2009The Virginia Museum of Transportation has announced its plan to remove the remaining equipment from the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal Yard, in cooperation with the Railroad Museum of Virginia and Mr. Will Harris of North Fork Lumber. Roanoke-built M2c no. 1151 will go to the VMT, along with one of the N&W tenders and one of the Chesapeake Western diesels. M2 no. 1134 and the other tender will go to the Railroad Museum of Virginia for display in Portsmouth, VA, and 1118 will join Will Harris' collection in Goshen, VA, along with the flatcar. The fate of the second Chesapeake Western diesel locomotive is still to be determined, but it may be parted out and scrapped. $1118 Pledge Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign - July 26, 2008On behalf of the Lost Engines of Roanoke Website, I have pledged the symbolic sum of $1118 to the Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society's fundraising campaign. Please join me in support of this effort to save the remaining locomotives in the Roanoke scrapyard. Fundraising Campaign Launched to Save the Lost Engines - July 14, 2008The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society announces a fundraising campaign to rescue the remaining historic railroad equipment in the Roanoke scrapyard. 917 SAVED!!! - July 8, 2008
W2 class 2-8-0 no. 917 (temporarily an 0-8-0 with parts removed for weight and height clearance) was loaded onto a truck on July 8, 2008 for delivery to her new home in Bellville, Ohio. Click here for more photos and coverage of the move. Lost Engines in the News - January 19, 2008There have been some recent articles in the Roanoke Times about the efforts to move the historic locomotives and other equipment from the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal yard to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Links to the articles are posted below: Lost Engines update 2003-2006To the casual observer, the locomotives and other equipment in the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal yard still look much the same as they have for decades. Behind the scenes, however, big changes have taken place in the last few years.
The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation SocietyAfter the donation of the "Lost Engines" to the VMT, The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society remains committed to its broader mission, and is pursuing other projects around the region. The group is currently working to set up a restoration facility for their own use as well as for other organizations in the area, and has recently been given a set of steam-era machine tools by the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. These tools, consisting of a large steam hammer, a 24-inch lathe, a forge, a 60-inch vertical milling machine, and a radial arm drill press, must be moved from the RRMoPA by the summer of 2006. Much of this equipment is sitting on a flatcar in the museum’s yard, and the car, a 1906-vintage Pennsylvania FM class fishbelly flat that is historic in its own right, is scheduled to go into the shop for restoration this year. The Society must raise approximately $3500 by April to move the tools to their site in Virginia. To support their efforts, please click here. |
