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N&W 611 at Roanoke and Spencer

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Posted by oltmannd on Sunday, August 9, 2015 10:17 AM

Firelock76

Hasn't anyone else looked at these photos?  If you haven't, you don't know what you're missing!

 

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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, August 8, 2015 7:37 PM

Hasn't anyone else looked at these photos?  If you haven't, you don't know what you're missing!

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Posted by FXDP340 on Thursday, July 30, 2015 6:42 PM

Wow!  Those are excellent photos.  Thanks for the link.

The last time I saw a Class J was in 1956 when it was in revenue service & I was riding the Powhatan Arrow with my dad, who worked for the N&W for 41 years (& got free ride privileges).  I've not been able to catch a view of it during the two re-construction phases.  So good to see these excellent photos.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Thursday, July 30, 2015 6:26 PM

O. Winston Link set the bar high, but you just jumped over it, Matt!

Fabulous shots, thanks for posting!

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Posted by K4sPRR on Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:38 PM

Hey Matt,

Nice , very nice...interresting composition with some of those, so now I got some new idea's!  Thanks.

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Posted by oltmannd on Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:31 PM

Nice stuff!  Thanks for sharing!

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:46 PM

   Great pictures!  It took me a few seconds to figure out the ghostly double exposure one, but I found it haunting.

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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, July 30, 2015 3:36 AM

GREAT,  JUST GREAT

NOT ONLY 611 BUT AN  ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THE HOBBY IS ALL ABOUT

I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUOGH FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THESE PHOTOS

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N&W 611 at Roanoke and Spencer
Posted by mfmalk on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 7:21 PM

http://www.losttracksoftime.com/p966716814

 

Follow the above link to my images of N&W 611; a combination of the FireUp611 event at Spencer and the 4th of July weekend runs out of Roanoke. 

Looking back now, it was so much more than a chance to take pictures of trains, rather a gathering of friends old and new with a historic locomotive at the apex - these photographs are reminders of those great times. 

Enjoy, 
Matthew

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