Re Last Runs 1959, etc 611

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My father and his friend Don Jameson from Batavia, Ohio chased some of  
the October 1959 run with 611.
They said the trip was somewhat last minute and they had not heard  
about it in time to purchase tickets(no internet then).
So they drove over that way, and my dad has a shot from an overpass  
over the yard of the train working into the yard
and station, plus some scenes at Bluefield and the departure.  Now  
more recently I was given some footage from Mr. Jamesons
son that included more footage of this trip.  My dad was driving so  
his friend Don shot some from the car.   Its not real great but
its additional stuff to watch.
    My father, Warren Scholl got to ride the cab of a J in the late  
50's from Batavia to Portsmouth on either the Arrow or the Cavalier.
I don't know the number.  However, he does have a few stills, and a  
few years back Gary Rolih of Cincinnati did some prints from
our negatives.  One shot has 611 in regular service stopped at  
Batavia, and another almost identical is of a K2a.
    Years back we did a video called Norfolk and Western Steam  
Freights, that my father shot.  On the end we advertised a promo
for a Passenger version, which we never got around to doing.  Someday  
I still hope to do this project, although I may get the footage
redone as the early transfer we did was not as good as what we can do  
today.
    As for the 611 excursions, we have the first run from Birmingham  
to Roanoke, including the crew pulling the masking tape off the aux
tender in the shop the day before and gleaming new out of the box 611  
in steam.  I recently transferred all of my early 611 footage on
sound movies, and plan on a production in 2014.  This will have  
footage from 1982 and 1983.
Greg Scholl

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> I'd like to know as well, simply because I have a sort-of  

> "biography" in mind for 611.

> Lois J.Ponton

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> ljpli at hotmail.com

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> Is there anyone out there who can share with me the  first ?last  

> run?, Roanoke to Williamson and back,? in October 1959?? I was on  

> the engine from Bluefield into Roanoke (other occupants of the cab  

> were Engineer Noah Blevins, who fired, and Assistant Road Foreman  

> Paul Cabiness, who ran, TRAINS photographer Bill Akin and  none  

> other than OWL himself), and couldn?t bear to see it go to Shaffer?s  

> Crossing to have the fire dropped for the last time.

> ?

> But I?m glad that you youngsters have similar feelings . . .

> ?

> EdKing

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> I highly suggest the January 1983 issue of Trains magazine featuring  

> the rebirth of 611.

> ?

> There is a piece later in the magazine called "Twenty Minutes To  

> Roanoke" by WJ Walker.

> ?

> Much like Bob's words, it will keep you glued to your seat saying  

> "Yes!"

> ?

> Jeff Lisowski

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> Ed/Jim

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> There is also some account of that last run in Jim Wrinn's Camelot  

> of Steam.

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> The piece in Trains in 1983 is about that first last run.

>

> Ken Miller

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> On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:52 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

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>> Ed

>>

>> I seem to recall that trip. The last segment from Christiansburg  

>> Station old 611 did not go quietly to retirement.  The whistle was  

>> blown almost continually, echoing off the mountains and through the  

>> Valley.  I understand Paul Cabiness was called in to see the  

>> Superintendent the next morning to explain why the no whistle  

>> ordinances were not observed.  Not sure what reason he gave but it  

>> must have been an good one.

>>

>> Jim Blackstock

>>

>>

>> At 01:16 PM 11/20/2013, you wrote:

>>> Is there anyone out there who can share with me the first ?last  

>>> run?, Roanoke to Williamson and back,  in October 1959?  I was on  

>>> the engine from Bluefield into Roanoke (other occupants of the cab  

>>> were Engineer Noah Blevins, who fired, and Assistant Road Foreman  

>>> Paul Cabiness, who ran, TRAINS photographer Bill Akin and none  

>>> other than OWL himself), and couldn?t bear to see it go to Shaffer? 

>>> s Crossing to have the fire dropped for the last time.

>>>

>>> But I?m glad that you youngsters have similar feelings . . .

>>>

>>> EdKing

>>>

>>> From: NW Mailing List

>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:13 PM

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>>> Subject: RE 611 Last Runs

>>>

>>> I highly suggest the January 1983 issue of Trains magazine  

>>> featuring the rebirth of 611.

>>>

>>> There is a piece later in the magazine called "Twenty Minutes To  

>>> Roanoke" by WJ Walker.

>>>

>>> Much like Bob's words, it will keep you glued to your seat saying  

>>> "Yes!"

>>>

>>> Jeff Lisowski

>>>

>>> -- 

>>> "Sic Semper Tyrannis!"

>>>

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> Ed,

>

> If you happened to be looking out the cab window as 611 went through  

> Christiansburg (Cambria) I was one of two people standing on the  

> platform.? It was my first year at Virginia Tech (VPI as it was  

> known then) and I waited several hours to see 611 go by.? When it  

> did,? I could hear her? coming up the grade for some time (both  

> exhaust and whistle) and that the no-whistling ordnance must have  

> been ignored as she passed by the Piggly Wiggly (??) store at the  

> grade crossing just west of? the station.? I got a photo of the  

> vertical signal heralding 611's arrival and also a photo of her  

> headlight as she passed by the end of the platform.? That was about  

> it except I noticed that the exhaust didn't fade until she passed  

> the end of the yard.? No slacking off until the summit was  

> reached!!?? I thought that I'd never see this again. A few years  

> later in Wasena park, I repeated that remark to my son and daughter,  

> not realizing that we would be lucky enough

> to ride behind 611 in the 1980's.? Maybe I can do? it again with my  

> grandchildren.? Which will happen first, 611's next reincarnation  

> or.....

>

> Dave Stephenson

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>

> Is there anyone out there who can share with me the first ?last  

> run?, Roanoke to Williamson and

> back,? in October 1959?? I was on the engine from Bluefield into

> Roanoke (other occupants of the cab were Engineer Noah Blevins, who  

> fired, and

> Assistant Road Foreman Paul Cabiness, who ran, TRAINS photographer  

> Bill Akin and

> none other than OWL himself), and couldn?t bear to see it go to  

> Shaffer?s

> Crossing to have the fire dropped for the last time.

> ?But I?m glad that you youngsters have similar feelings . . .

> ?

> EdKing?

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> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:13 PM

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> Subject: RE 611 Last Runs

> ?

> I highly suggest the January 1983 issue of Trains magazine

> featuring the rebirth of 611.

> ?

> There is a piece later in the magazine called "Twenty Minutes To  

> Roanoke"

> by WJ Walker.

> ?

> Much like Bob's words, it will keep you glued to your seat saying

> "Yes!"

> ?

> Jeff Lisowski

>

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> "Sic Semper Tyrannis!"

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