I went back to the original photo album and saw that the pictures just before this train arrived were the Powhattan Arrow leaving. As that left a bit after #4...
Preservation Group Announces Fundraising Campaign to Save Roanoke Scrapyard Engines NATURAL BRIDGE, VA – The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society...
Check out the video linked below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm2VZ-YXGnk&feature=related At around the 5:30 mark, there is a loud release of steam followed...
Hi Everyone, We are off to a good start on the fundraising for the Lost Engines. Richard Jenkins has Pledged a symbolic $1118 dollars and we have another $220...
David that is interesting! my guess it is a pressure relief device on the steam line, it was only open a few seconds. I'd have to look and see if any of my...
Hello that is the Boiler blow down no pop off. good video thanks Matt Ritchie ... From: Jeff <Bbear746@...> To: norfolk-western-rr@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Some further research and comparing of pictures has proven to me that the last two images I posted (of my dad's) were both The Tennessean. The eastbound was...
Atlas is doing the GP38(AC) in N&W's "Skunk" scheme #s 4104, 4107, and 4129 http://download.atlasrr.com/ASC3Q2008/3-14%20NAnn.pdf A photo of a real Skunk: ...
Hello everyone. First let me state I'm a retired Signal Maintainer with 36 yrs with the NW/NS, the last 30 of them at Delphi, IN. This is grain country,...
Welcome to the group Dutch! Check out the photos and links at the home page. Randy Earle The Diesel Detailer Forum http://dieseldetailer.proboards53.com...
Welcome to the group! You will learn a lot. I know I have. You may want to try The N&W Historical Society at: http://nwhs.org/ We have e-mail group/list too. ...
Thanks for the welcome guy's. By the way, I want a C420 for my branch line. Atlas is coming out with a high nose version but it doesn't have dynamic brakes....
... Welcome to the group Dutch. All of my info say's N&W only had 8 C420's, numbers were in the 400. I know one was 417. 417 did not have dynamic brakes. I...
http://www.thedieselshop.us/NW.HTML I am sure that 2578 had a number of paint schemes, I could not locate any on the web, but there pictures in many books,...
Athearn has announced another run of the ex-Roundhouse/MDC offset side tooling in N&W: http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH11964 They come...
A few of you may know this, but for the rest of you. The Bachanan Branch comes off the Main Line as a big wye and goes into a tunnel. It's located between...
Dutch Thanks for posting the photos. It is very interesting that the switch is in the tunnel. I recall my Father telling me about this location, well I think...
Greg, I've never been there. A friend of mine, who was a draftsman at the time (12-2000), in the signal department was there to survey the area for some work...
