ET&WNC 207 at Roanoke

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Thanks Jeff! Valuable info. Updated NWHS database.

- Roger

On 07/05/2012 01:30 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> The date is June 17, 1967. This very photo was published in the July

> issue of the Norfolk and Western Magazine, page 230. Roanoke and N&W

> officials rode the train from the passenger station to Wasena Park via

> the Winston-Salem line where it got on the Belt Line at Franklin Road.

> After ceremonies dedicating the Wabash 1009 and Southern cars

> "Pulaski" and "Glen Summit", the 207 made sevral trips west on the

> Belt Line to Norwich and back, carring a full load of pasengers each

> trip. It later returned to downtown that evening via Franklin Road..

> The engine was handled light to and from Roanoke over the Radford

> Division.

>  

> Jeff Sanders

>

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

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

> *Sent:* Thursday, July 5, 2012 11:30 AM

> *Subject:* ET&WNC 207 at Roanoke

>

> See image of ET&WNC 2-8-0 Consolidation number 207 east bound at Roanoke

> in an undated NWHS collection photo (photo appears to be from N&W).

> Being unfamiliar with this locomotive I found info on the web indicating

> this loco is Southern 630 which has (or was) on NS / TVRM excursions in

> Roanoke.

>

> Anyone have dates/info on this Roanoke steam excursion in this image?

> Was photo take form Hunter viaduct perhaps?

>

> > http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=96159

>

> - Roger Link

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