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I throw my support behind Ed's comments. From my view she looks >95% as she
would have in the 1950's. This situation reminds me of the great naval
ships and subs in museums around the country. Supporters of the museums
really wanted to have these vessels appear as they did in 1943 during the
height of America's involvement in WWII, but of course it is impossible as
many major changes happened during their service after WWII (just look at
all the changes to the IOWA class ships such as addition of towers, radar
masts, deletions of 5 inch guns, etc). We have to use our imagination a bit
to picture the way they used to look during the war.

The same could have been true for 611, yet she looks remarkably similar to
the way she did during her reign. I have to remind myself that alterations
along the way could have been far, far worse. And of course, we are
concerned about small changes that are easily fixed if there is a push in
the future to get her back to 100% authenticity (which really should be the
ultimate goal of the VMT I think, but that's just me). I would suggest that
those who are really committed to such a cause join the VMT board and
advocate from the inside rather than walk away! In the interim, let me just
say it is really special to see her running again; there are so many things
that could have stopped it along the way, I really do think it is a
miracle. And thanks to all of the hard work by the thousands of supporters.

Mike Weeks
Seattle WA

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 7:44 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> I agree with Ed and Bruce. While I’m not crazy about the name added, I was
> thinking the same about the NASCAR direction things could have taken. It’s
> much better to see it running again.   Maybe we can dream about getting
> 1218 and maybe even 2156 running again.
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> Phil Miller
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> *From:* NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] *On
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> *Sent:* Saturday, June 13, 2015 8:54 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: 611
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> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Ed wrote:
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> So as far as I’m concerned, some little yellow letters under the cab
> window are not worth mentioning.  Be happy that they are running around on
> such a magnificent machine.
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> I'm with Ed and others on this -- instead of worrying about a small
> promotion of the city where magnificent steam power was built, we could be
> in CSX land, where "steam" is a bad word and even dead-in-tow movements
> aren't permitted (re: movement of the engine from Baltimore to Cumberland
> via flatbed truck). The VMT was also somewhat discrete with the placement
> of the lettering; it could have gone full-out NASCAR with emblems of all
> the major sponsors and supporters plastered on the tender sides. Those who
> want to waste their time being peeved are welcome to stay home, it will
> mean more space (on the train and trackside) for those who are more
> interested and excited about seeing the J running again.
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> Bruce in Blacksburg
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