475 Diamond Jubilee

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The G1 No. 7 was backdated in October 1952 The G1 No. 7 was backdated 
in October 1952 for the 100th Anniversary of the arrival of the 
railroad in Roanoke, celebrated November 1, 1952.

The 475 was also freshly dolled up in August 1957 and used on the Salem 
Shifter at least as revenue service, I rode the cab on the Catawba 
branch at the time

Ken Miller
On May 29, 2006, at 1:35 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Ed King,

>

>  You where absolutely correct about the back-dated 475 visiting 

> Bristol in 1956, I just today viewed a commercial on WCYB5 announcing 

> the 150th birthday of Bristol this year and it had excellent footage 

> from the 100th celebration in 1956,of the 475 steaming west to the 

> station, and the Southern Best Friend Of Charleston steaming east 

> across Stage street to meet the 475. Everybody in the video was 

> dressed in appropriate 1856 clothing.  It is a shame that railroads 

> and communities don't celebrate in style like they once did.

>

>  Didn't the railroad also back date the little G #7 about the same 

> time??

>

> Gary Price