Location of Photo of Eng 302 in 1939?

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Wasn't it in THE ARROW issue that had the valve gear story?

EdKing
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> Isn't this photo in the book "Norfolk and Western Steam The last 25 

> Years"? Look like one I have seen before.

>

> Jason Greene

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>>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:58:09 +0000

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>>Attached is a picture lifted from Ebay, showing a photo currently for sale 

>>on that site.

>>

>>The image reputedly was taken at Roanoke in 1939, and the Ebay listing 

>>gives a scan of the back of the photo pencil-marked "Roanoke Sept 1939."

>>

>>But I have trouble with the identification of the image as having been 

>>taken at Roanoke.

>>

>>Note the large building at upper right corner.  I can't recall any 

>>building of that size anywhere near the yard.

>>

>>Senator Blackstock reports the Eng was originally numbered 358, thence 

>>206, thence 302, that she spent most of her time on the Radford Division 

>>and that, during this time period, she was a Pulaski engine.

>>

>>Any ideas where the photo was taken?

>>

>>-- abram burnett

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>><< NW_302_Rke_Sept_1939.jpg >>

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