Photo of the 1218 in Roanoke, 1971

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Amtrak's Mountaineer was inaugurated March 25, 1975 and utilized a 
totally new building as the Roanoke station about 1/4 mile west of the 
former N&W station. This building is presently used by NS.

Ken Miller
On Sep 10, 2006, at 8:53 AM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> When did the stop for Amtrak's Hilltopper move west of the Roanoke

> passenger station across the tracks from the general area of the

> frieght station (VMT site)?  I would guess that this happened around

> the same time the platform canopies came down.

>

> Toney Minter

>

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

>> While I do not have a definitive answer, I was able to narrow it down.

>> The photo of the 1218 is stated to be May 1, 1971 and the canopies

>> are still in place.

>> In the Archives hangs a photo of locomotive 1776 sitting at the

>> Roanoke station dated May 4, 1974. The platform canopies are gone in

>> this photo.

>> Therefore, the canopies were removed sometime between these two dates.

>> Further research may shrink this timeframe further.

>>

>> Ron Davis

>>

>> At 10:36 AM 9/8/2006, you wrote:

>>> Anyone know when the platform canopies at Roanoke station were 

>>> removed?

>>>

>>> J. Kelling

>>> Greenbelt, MD

>>>

>>>>>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 9/7/2006 10:11 PM >>>

>>> http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/drake/full/DR063.JPG

>>>

>>> I BELIEVE that to be a photo of that event.

>>>

>>> Andy Jennings

>>

>>

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