I've been a member for a while, but haven't posted much. Last weekend I rode an excursion on the Hiwassee Loop sponsered by the Tennessee Valley Railroad...
... If you can find the OLD edition of Warden's passenger car book it has a good table. Other older books are The N&W Handbook by Wiley and Wallace (TLC...
Hello everyone: Since I am a new member and this is my first post, I am probably asking a question that you have heard many times, but hope one more won't be...
I don't think that any of us will ever see the 611 or the 1218 run again. We were lucky they had them back running as long as they did. I miss both of them! ...
Hi, Anybody know what an Sunset models brass Class J would be worth, HO scale.,, Never been out of the box!,, I'm going to eBay this one very soon,, probably...
... Ron, If it has not been painted, just plain brass it is worth around $400.00 give or take a few bucks. If it has a factory paint job, about 100.00 more....
Thanks Garry, No, it has not been painted, and is new in the box,,, never even removed from the box at all,, =>--- In norfolk-western-rr@yahoogroups.com, "me @...
Reading my Trains magazine (so it <must> be true) for January 2001, in an article titled 'Black Diamonds', on p.49 is the passage: 'In the last days of N&W...
I was just a teen in those last couple of years of N&W passenger trains. I don't recall seeing any hoppers on the trains. I do recall being (the passenger...
Hi there, My present research project is an effort to start looking at the manned interlockings that existed at one time on the N&W. I hope by joining this...
I am a new member here 1st I want to say thank you! 2nd I am in the middle of starting to build my Passenger service fleet. I just bought a Broadway Limited...
Donald: Probably your best bet is to get Ken Miller's book on N&W passenger service. A lot of nice color photos and iinformation. Also, consider the N&W...
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Virginia Transportation Museum is in Roanoke. They have the Class J 611 and the Class A 1218. Plus many other trains that you can get on. Thats the best part....
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Will be modeling the later years when they where switching over to the heavy weight cars, Just bought one from walthers it is a window coach. Just was ...
you should buy the passenger car book first, the heavyweight cars were earlier and the lightweight cars later. As for the 611 it pulled both, different cars...
Does Norfolk Southern have any activities in Roanoke anymore? If anyone lives by that area, I would also like to know if there are any shopping malls in...
Hi All, I live in South Jersey. While out on a errand for work this morning I heard a train whistle off in the distance. About 5 minutes later a CSX and...
Hi All, The combination of attending the Don Wood estate sale at Thanksgiving and negative purchases from eBay this year got me thinking about past and present...
I agree. If the "K" and "J" locos had auxiliary tenders, they most assuredly did not pass through Ironton, Ohio. In all my days of railfanning as a kid, I...
If any of you members saw Pentrex's DVD on "Steam Across America" which is footage shot in the late 40's through the end of steam era, you will note some steam...
Does anyone know if the roundhouse and locomotive facilities still exist in Roanoke? I am aware the depot is still there, but is a yard still there as well as...
Well, they claim to be a Museum selling- I'd really like to verify that fact first. A collector friend of mine that knows a whole bunch more than I do claims...
Well, I have not seen the Pentrex video, but I guarantee you won't see any N&W auxiliary tenders from the 1940s. I believe I was in sixth grade when I first...
