Roller Bearings
This shot shows a wider view of one of N&W 611's roller bearings and side rods. If you look closely you'll see a number of "605". One of the VMT crew members explained that back in the day, when the J-Class engines were in the shops being serviced, if one locomotive was ready to go, but was missing a part or two that were still being worked on, the shop crews would use parts from other down locomotives to get the ready engine out the door. So this "605" indicates that this is a side rod from sister locomotive number 605. If you look around the engine closely, you'll see several varying numbers on parts, which means, although N&W 611 is the sole surviving engine of it's class, some of it's sister locomotives live on with various parts and pieces vital to making 611 run.
Roller Bearings
This shot shows a wider view of one of N&W 611's roller bearings and side rods. If you look closely you'll see a number of "605". One of the VMT crew members explained that back in the day, when the J-Class engines were in the shops being serviced, if one locomotive was ready to go, but was missing a part or two that were still being worked on, the shop crews would use parts from other down locomotives to get the ready engine out the door. So this "605" indicates that this is a side rod from sister locomotive number 605. If you look around the engine closely, you'll see several varying numbers on parts, which means, although N&W 611 is the sole surviving engine of it's class, some of it's sister locomotives live on with various parts and pieces vital to making 611 run.