Visit to 611 and Spencer

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Tom

Who owns the J611?
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Eric Raitch
Gainesville, Va


On 2020-02-24 20:54, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Sarah and I visited Spencer over the weekend and were lucky enough to
> get a cab tour of 611. I would highly recommend this to anyone that
> hasn't done this before. The folks that did the info session and then
> the tour are all outstanding. They are the folks that did restoration
> and are now part of the crew for 611.
> 
> They mentioned 2 things that I suspect the folks one this list will be
> interested in. First, there are no plans for 611 to move. No
> excursions, etc. There was some speculation that it might move up to
> Roanoke for an anniversary celebration in May? June? Second was that
> they are absolutely of the belief that 2156 will be going back to St.
> Louis at some point.
> 
> I did have a question about 611 however. Virtually all of the video I
> saw of 611 showed an additional water tank car behind the tender. (The
> A tank?) I understand why that might be needed for today. Probably not
> nearly as many spots to water up these days. But was this also typical
> back in the day? I assume that if it was, it would be the longer haul
> passenger lines like the Powhatan Arrow, the Pocohantas, and the
> Cavalier.
> 
> I finish with a quick picture of me in the cab. :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom Fulton
> Asheville, NC
> 
> 
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