Visit to 611 and Spencer

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Thank you Ken, that was by suspicion, but wanted to confirm.

Eric, the 611 is owned by the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke.
However, there is apparently a severe lack of track that they could run an
excursion on up there and I don't think the museum in Roanoke has access to
the shop facilities that are available in Spencer. I would guess that if
they ever get a better spot to display it (the indoor facility that they
are trying to raise money for) that 611 would move there permanently, but
that's just my uninformed guess.

Tom Fulton
Asheville, NC

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 7:45 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Tom
>
> Who owns the J611?
> v/r
> 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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