Does that mean it's the 388th engine built at Roanoke shop?
Mike C.
It's the construction No. of Roanoke Shops, see
http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=16
Does anybody know what "NO. 388" refers to on the builder's plate of the N&W J class #611?
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