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Title: |
Virginia Museum of Transportation |
Description: |
Welcome to the Virginia Museum of Transportation! On display are NW 1218, NW 6, NW 2156, and I believe a Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric engine. Somehow, I did not get any closeup shots of the Pennsylvania, but you will find plenty of photographs of the other engines in this album! |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 10:04:27 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4) NW 6(2-8-0) NW 2156(2-8-8-2) PRR 4919(GG1) |
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433 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ellett Virginian Railway Freight Depot |
Description: |
Ellett is less than 4 miles southeast of Blacksburg, where Virginia Tech is located. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:36:54 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Station |
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134 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470 |
Description: |
Built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1945. 1 of 485 operated in D.C. during streetcar days. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:21:01 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Transit |
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108 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470 |
Description: |
After its retirement in 1962, DC Transit CEO O. Roy Chalk donated it to the museum in 1964. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:23:26 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Transit |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470 |
Description: |
These could go up to 50 mph and seat between 52 and 61. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:24:13 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Transit |
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125 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 2156 |
Description: |
Class Y6A Mallet 2-8-8-2, built in 1942. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 10:29:31 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 2156(2-8-8-2) |
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348 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470 |
Description: |
This streetcar actually used a 3rd rail to pick up power, enabling D.C. to keep overhead wires around the monuments to a minimum. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:25:46 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Transit |
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110 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 2156 |
Description: |
Of the Y5, Y6, Y6A, and Y6B classes, this is the only survivor. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 10:30:41 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 2156(2-8-8-2) |
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409 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 2156 |
Description: |
Retired in 1959, this locomotive was made operational again at one point, but right now it is not. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 10:31:53 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 2156(2-8-8-2) |
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378 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 2156 |
Description: |
Shot of the cab. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 10:32:47 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
InCab,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 2156(2-8-8-2) |
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425 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WAB 1009 |
Description: |
Built sometime between 1949 and 1954, this engine was cosmetically restored in 2012 in Chattanooga. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 8:14:20 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
WAB 1009(E8A) |
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204 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Virginian 135 |
Description: |
Built in 1956 and used for coal trains, this engine was only serviceable to the Virginian until 1962, when the railroad dieselized. It found a second job running on the New Haven Railroad between New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 9:56:17 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
VGN 135(E33) |
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230 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 1776 |
Description: |
Many railroads celebrated the U.S. bicentennial with a commemorative engine, and the Norfolk & Western was no exception. #1776 received its red-white-and-blue coat in 1974, 2 years early. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 8:20:33 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NW 1776(SD45) |
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238 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 300 |
Description: |
Built in 1955 by Alco, this locomotive was initially used between Lynchburg, VA, and Raleigh, NC. It is 56 feet and 6 inches long. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 9:52:11 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NW 300(RS3) |
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211 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Chesapeake Western 662 |
Description: |
Built in 1946 for the Chesapeake Western, nicknamed by locals the "Crooked and Weedy." |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 3:45:29 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CHW 662(DS44-660) |
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297 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02 |
Description: |
Must be a new engine (to the museum); it is not listed on the website. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:21:05 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
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122 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Industrial Engines |
Description: |
The Blue Ridge Stone switcher diesel was built by Whitcomb in 1941. It is one of several engines that served at plants or factories in the Roanoke area-in this case, just east of Roanoke. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:32:51 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 1135 |
Description: |
Built in 1967, originally used for freights, then yard service in the 1970s. Note the blue paint scheme. Former Wabash president Herman Pevler was president of the N&W from 1963 to 1970, and he had engines painted in a blue similar to that of his former railroad during that era. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:15:16 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NW 1135(C630) |
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193 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Celanese #1 |
Description: |
This is a fireless steam engine-while it ran on steam, it received the steam from an external source, which it had to go back to whenever it ran low. This was used for areas where sparks could be particularly hazardous. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 4:16:36 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
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147 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 611 |
Description: |
One of the final steam locomotives built in the United States, this engine was made in 1950! |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 9:53:24 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) |
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335 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 611 |
Description: |
After pulling the final N&W Farewell to Steam excursion in 1959, it was saved from scrap by several people, including O. Winston Link, well-known photographer who took so many shots of N&W trains. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 9:55:12 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) MEAD 200(UNKNOWN) |
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344 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 611 |
Description: |
In 1982, this engine was restored for service, as part of Norfolk & Westerns steam program. It ran excursions until 1994, when the program was discontinued. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 9:56:59 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) MEAD 200(UNKNOWN) |
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429 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:27:46 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
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112 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor Jr. Pavillion |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:30:09 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
NW 1135(C630) |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Burro |
Description: |
These always make me think of the breakdown train from Thomas the Tank Engine :) |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:12:07 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
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122 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 611 |
Description: |
In 2013, a new campaign- Fire Up 611! http://fireup611.org/ -was started in order to restore the engine once again. It was successful, and the engine started running excursions again in 2015! |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 9:59:04 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) MEAD 200(UNKNOWN) |
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416 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mead 200 |
Description: |
This little engine was built in 1935 and used at the Mead Paper Company in Lynchburg until its retirement in 1981. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:10:52 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) MEAD 200(UNKNOWN) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mule |
Description: |
Ever been to the Panama Canal? If you went in 1964 or earlier, you might have encountered this engine! It used to tow ships through the Pacific end of the canal and is one of 3 survivors from its era. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:09:13 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western Water Tender |
Description: |
Since water towers are no longer found up and down rail lines, this tender carries water for when NW 611 runs excursions. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 10:00:27 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
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442 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Speeder |
Description: |
Think of this as a motorized handcar. I am sure railroad workers found these easier to run! |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:05:45 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
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92 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 611 |
Description: |
One of the other engines in this class, 610, once ran over 110 mph! |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 10:02:44 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) MEAD 200(UNKNOWN) |
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431 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Passenger Car |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:04:01 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 518409 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:45:17 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
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165 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 518539 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:47:48 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
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151 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Powhatan Arrow |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:02:44 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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449 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VMTX 513 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:00:59 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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176 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 41 |
Description: |
Built in 1959, this engine saw service on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad several years ago. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:59:14 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
NW 41(T6) |
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385 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NW 518539 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:47:18 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
140 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 518409 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:45:46 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
115 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VMTX 524 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:42:25 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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124 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Work in Progress |
Description: |
Er, that is/was an M2c built by the Norfolk & Western in 1911. It served until 1950, when it was scrapped. 59 years later, it was rescued from the scrapyard. Hopefully, it will be restored one day! |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:38:41 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 1151(4-8-0) |
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226 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Work in Progress |
Description: |
Right now, it looks like a scrapyard scene in Thomas the Tank Engine. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:39:25 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 1151(4-8-0) |
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402 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Switchers |
Description: |
Down the line, several switchers from Norfolk Southern sat idle, including a former Burlington Northern unit and a CEFX unit (could not catch the number on that one). |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:35:05 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Signal |
Locomotives: |
NS 4612(GP59) |
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173 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Nickel Plate Road 470 |
Description: |
The Nickel Plate Road was the nickname of the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, which merged with Norfolk Southern in 1964. This caboose was built 2 years prior to the merger and continued to serve on the Norfolk & Western until the 1980s, when with the end of caboose service it was donated to the museum. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:26:19 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
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167 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor Jr. Pavillion |
Description: |
Many of the engines are stored under this. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 4:17:35 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
NW 1135(C630) |
Views: |
161 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Norfolk & Western 611 |
Description: |
The engine crashed in 1956 while pulling The Pocahontas, but its repair left it in excellent condition following its retirement. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/4/2018 10:04:17 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 611(4-8-4) |
Views: |
409 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Celanese #1 |
Description: |
Presumably built around 1946, this engine was manufactured by Porter. It worked at the Celanese plant in Celco, VA, and was last used in 1966. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 4:18:36 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Steam |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
126 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Virginian 321 |
Description: |
Caboose built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1949, transferred to Norfolk & Western 10 years later. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/18/2018 4:10:16 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
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Views: |
151 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Handcar |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:22:14 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
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Views: |
102 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/15/2017 Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:21:34 PM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Matthew Zisi |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
98 Comments: 0 |
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