new, old 1218 video on YouTube

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That's the trip that Hopewell Videos recorded so well in "18 Wheels of 
Steel".

EdKing
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> How well I remember!  That was the day they almost aborted the run just 

> east of Glen Lyn because the heavy rains had caused high water, fallen 

> trees, and messed up signal systems. They considered backing the train to 

> Walton. After sitting still for an hour or so, they decided to go on to 

> Bluefield (as intended). This gave us time to clear a fallen tree from 460 

> with a borrowed chain saw so we could proceed west. We chased as far as 

> Oakvale, where the WV state troopers had closed the road up East River. We 

> had to go to Bluefield through Princeton. Coming back, Ron Flanary got a 

> great scan shot at Ada. (published in Trains several years later) 

> Jim Nichols

>

>

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>>>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>Sent: Jun 23, 2008 8:31 PM

>>>To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>Subject: new, old 1218 video on YouTube

>>>

>>>Yesterday I posted to YouTube some video of 1218 from 1987. It was

>>>shot on VHS and doesn't measure up to currently available consumer

>>>video, but hey, it's video over 20 years old.

>>>

>>>I especially like the segment at about 2:30 where 1218 tries to

>>>restart on wet rail on

>>>Christiansburg Mountain. Great sound. And it looks to me like O.

>>>Winston Link makes a cameo appearance.

>>>

>>>Enjoy.

>>>

>>>< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so7-Fu2psjc >

>>>

>>>Ross Hunter

>>>Orange, VA

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