N&W 2156 Departs St Louis

[@EngineerDaylight]

I just wish they would restore & run it like 4014 & 3985

[@JimSub2]

Jake the GS-4 this comment didn’t age well.....

[@TheRegTec]

Don’t we all

[@MasenMonster]

@@JimSub2 Technically it sorta did now since 3985 has been bought and is (supposed) to be restored along with 2 other original UP steam locomotives and a DD40AX

[@thomasavensjr.2790]

I am glad to see that at least one member of the Y6 class was preserved for public display viewing, the N&W rr had very impressive examples of articulated steam power with their Y & A class engines. The 2156 is the sole survivor of the entire N&W Y6 class and this locomotive pays tribute to N&W steam power and their high performance ranking articulated class locomotives.

[@goldenrailways]

Unfortunately there’s no Y6Bs anymore. Only Y6As

[@thomasavensjr.2790]

@@goldenrailways The 2156 is the only surviving Y6a class locomotive still in existence today.

[@infaredxkingz8786]

There's a trust organization that wants to build a replica of 2174

[@LordEverton96210]

Well y'all she's headin back your way. Thanks for letting her be here in VA for a spell. Hopefully she'll work her way back up here someday.... under her own steam :)

[@robertgift]

Need *two* locomotives? Well done! Thank you.

[@EngineerDaylight]

Yepper, the articulated could haul just as much as Three 2-6-0 moguls together.

[@awp2902]

That tender is for 611 to add more water

[@JayTheTrainFan]

2:01 No Defects

[@okiebill1948]

Great video, Jim!!! Keep 'em coming!!!

[@RailFoxMedia]

As of 2020, she’s currently back home in St. Louis

[@NERRP2017]

It’s a nice engine, wish she could run again

[@southernrailwayfan1338]

Me to

[@matthewvogel3071]

that's the water tinder for N&W 611 it used to be the water tender for the 1218 but the re-painted it for the 611 in April 2015

[@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589]

@Matthew Vogel Why was the tender in St. Louis?

[@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589]

This is also the same water tender was used for 765 when 611 wasn't using it, and till 765 got it's auxtillery tender fixed in 2017 I believe?

[@lian8376]

it would be great if 2156 would be restored

[@JayTheTrainFan]

I Agreed with you Lian

[@infaredxkingz8786]

The diesels shouldn't have retired him in the first place

[@brycenew]

Thanks for the vid Jim! Especially appreciated the shots inside the maintenance shed. Can you tell me is she normally stored undercover and will she be undercover at Roanoke? Clearly she is one girl many people would love to see in steam again but it's just great that she is stored with respect

[@brianfalzon6739]

Thanks for the catch of it

[@evanf1293]

So since the least is gonna expire next year with 2156 leaving I wonder when 2156 will leave the Virginia museum of transportation and return back to the st Louis museum of transportation in St Louis, Missouri ? I proalby won't get an answer quickly but hopefully I might

[@williamschlenger1518]

Need it again on freight details in snow A workhorse.

[@Vzw-oz9dx]

Since it's on a loan, did St. Louis get something in return? Also, it's nice that Roanoke decided to put the big three together. And while the narrator calls it a "crappy day" in St. Louis, I'd say it's a great day - more people will see the locomotive, it actually moved, and most likely got a cosmetic makeover, plus more maintenance done for this move than the last 20 years combined. That's a good thing. While it won't ever run again, at least it's movable.

[@infaredxkingz8786]

NO, she will start running someday!

[@kyletroknya2419]

We need more engines like 2156 on the mainline.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Great video.

[@evanf1293]

my only question I have is why were there 3 passenger cars and a water tender coming along with 2156 on her journey to Roanoke???

[@tedzeiller2711]

What's with those crazy class lights on 3068? That's awesome

[@rearspeaker6364]

great observation!!

[@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589]

So what's the passenger cars were they also loaned to VMT with 2156? Or NS owned?

[@sirbarongaming2138]

I take it that 2516 was just moved to a new location, not an overhaul, correct?

[@brianrigsby7900]

6:09 what’s with all the dial tones?

[@bigdoggdaddy7556]

It's on its way back it came through WV yesterday

[@BalticFilms144]

From what I was told by a VMT employee, 2156 got a crack in it's pilot from being towed to Roanoke.

[@jameswolf195]

Baltic 144 Productions I had not heard that. Certainly hope it's nothing that can't be repaired.

[@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589]

@Baltic 144 Productions and it didn't even get restored.. I wonder what was the point of it going to Roanoke if not for good or to be restored. Did VMT want another display locomotive to replace 611 since it got restored?

[@b3j8]

@@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 The "point" 99% of the time is to make money. Someone has the idea that moving the 2156 to Roanoke meant more $$. And maybe NS Top Dogs are considering rebuilding it. Who knows...

[@b43xoit]

@@b3j8 How is the revenue drawn? Museum admissions?

[@infaredxkingz8786]

Oh come on, most diesels suck, it doesn't matter how much the engine costs to be restored whether it has a cracked frame or not

[@mtl6113]

so was 2156 fired up and moving by it's self

[@jameswolf195]

+Dorothy Frick No, she was pushed out on to the main line bt a NS GP38 where she hooked onto the consist waiting on the main. Then the locomotives of the "local" went back onto the main and coupled to the waiting consist and all headed East on the main line.

[@mtl6113]

+James Wolf OK I was just wondering

[@awp2902]

Dorothy Frick No,they a lot of work to do on it

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

As the locomotive is an articulated one would the cost of running it be expensive as compared to a more conventional locomotive 🚂. Overseas inquiry ???🇧🇪🚝

[@jameswolf195]

Not sure how to answer. Certainly it would be more expensive to operate but I believe that would be because it is larger and heavier, not because it is articulated. Extremely large steam locomotives were made articulated to allow them to run on the same radius track as smaller, shorter locomotives.

[@b43xoit]

I should think so. More parts. Of course, they had the A running for a while. And I believe there's a Big Boy running.

[@everettthepetractionguy4222]

What class does this 2-8-8-2 steam engine belong to, "Y6"?

[@b43xoit]

Exactly. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_and_Western_2156)

[@Gothix1066]

Oh wow! Union Pacific is helping out too?

[@dariusthedmirconsolidation3494]

Well... no it’s just Norfolk........... nvm.

[@gardnersmith3580]

Skip to 06:49 here comes what we have been waiting for

[@overpoweredsteamproduction513]

I wish they could get her running again

[@chriscarruth5147]

why do they remove the siderods on the engine when they move it???

[@jameswolf195]

+CHRIS CARRUTH Several reasons. Less rolling resistance while being towed. Less wear on the internals of the steam system and no wear on the side rod bearings. There are probably others but that's all I can think of.

[@genedahlstrom443]

They didn't, they removed the main rods. If they hadn't the pistons would have moving in the cylinders with no lube, much increased drag, etc.

[@furby0893]

The piston rods are broken

[@samuelmears7660]

Are they planning on restoring this locomotive?

[@jameswolf195]

Samuel Mears. If you mean to running condition-no. I don't know about cosmetics. Can't imagine them putting much money into something they don't own.

[@infaredxkingz8786]

You wish this beast was rumbling the rails again...

[@rileysanesh9238]

When 2156 was departing st.louis where is N&W 1218 then

[@alcopower5710]

What an important steam locomotive. Like everyone else……I wish it would get restored but know it will never happen.

[@infaredxkingz8786]

2156 is gonna feel nothing but depression of this

[@weatherstuff808]

Can't wait until it returns from Roanoke. They already have 611 and 1218.

[@jameswolf195]

It will be nice to get it back.

[@weatherstuff808]

@I_Be_Swift_Gaps my mistake, thanks for correcting me.

[@mratsfrailfan1894]

Judah Smith nah they bringing it home this year so uh sorry to break it to ya kiddo

[@mratsfrailfan1894]

Judah Smith it belongs back in St. Louis that’s where N&W Wanted it to go therefore it was donated there

[@ryanquesenberry9815]

@@mratsfrailfan1894 the n&w wanted it to stay in Roanoke but the Virginia museum of transportation wasn’t a thing yet, a lot of people really wished it would have stayed in Roanoke cause that’s where she belongs, not only will she be reunited with the big 3, class a, class j and class y6a, but she will be in the city of was built and operated in, and she gets good care there, like when she first arrived, they put her under the provolone and repaint the boiler, hope she can return again someday.

[@dariusthedmirconsolidation3494]

If only.............!!!!! X(

[@jwilmes667]

You know as someone who gose to that museum regularly we would like that back soon

[@jameswolf195]

Me too

[@fantump00p3r4]

J Wilmes66 it should stay at Roanoke, that’s its home

[@Barteaurailarchives96]

Ronnie Romesberg yeah but they already have #611 and #1218 it doesn’t have to have #2156