new, old 1218 video on YouTube

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Jerry:  It was an AEPCO truck. That's who ran the power plant at Glen Lyn. 
Glad to learn that you guys were all that close to where I was.  Jim Nichols



>I was there, too, helping clear the debris from US 460. A VEPCO truck (or 

>some

> such power co.) was there and they had a chain saw.  They cut the tree 

> branches

> and we drug them off of the road.  We were so disappointed at getting 

> caught

> in the slide.  We just knew we had missed the train pulling in to 

> Bluefield.  But as

> it turned out, they had their own slide problems, so we were still able to 

> get to

> Bluefield in time to see it come in.

>

> Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, VA

>

> ---- Original message ----

>>Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:38:36 -0400

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

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

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

>>

>>How well I remember too, Jim.  I was driving John Snidow's Ford Bronco.

>>And, boy, that high clearance came in real handy that day.  I also 

>>remember

>>helping clear some slide debris from 460 west of Narrows.  And the East

>>River was even wilder than the New River that day.  But what great steam

>>effects!

>>

>>Sam Putney

>>

>>----- Original Message ----- 

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

>>Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:53 PM

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

>>

>>

>>> 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

>>>

>>>

>>>>

>>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>>>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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