611 towed from Norfolk story of 1982 I think

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In 1982, after being burned at Norfolk, twice, they were a bit scared of attempting it at Poe. So they proceeded west, I don’t know if they turned it at Kinney Yard or not, I just remember the steam crew got to Roanoke not too many hours before scheduled departure of 8 am for Alexandria. It was a long slow move, definitely. I was under the impression that it was a 15 mph move, not 25 in reverse, but like Bob said, it was a long time ago!

Ken Miller

> On Apr 11, 2018, at 10:24 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> I can attest to 611 being able to be turned at Kinney since we observed just such an 611 event last year in Lynchburg.
> 
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
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> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:20 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> As I recall, the "J" was towed in reverse but under steam at 25 mph but even in 1982 it did not have to go all the way to Roanoke in reverse. It was turned on a wye track either around Petersburg or at Lynchburg/Kinney where for sure it could have been turned safely.
> 
> I don't remember all the details but it was one of those as my memory says, 36.5 years after the fact.
> 
> Bob Cohen
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