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AlcoRS11Nut

Member since
July 2002
From: Stevens Point
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1218

Posted by AlcoRS11Nut on Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:10 PM

I know that the N&W 611 was put in a museum, but happened to N&W 1218?

I love the smell of ALCo smoke in the Morning. "Long live the 251!!!" I miss the GBW and my favorite uncle is Uncle Pete. Uncle Pete eats Space Noodles for breakfast.

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Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:14 AM

It is also in the Museum. They're both under cover. I understand that they've put the rods back on it and it's virtually complete; when they did the advertisement with it some of the rods had not been applied.

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Train Guy 3

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August 2003
From: Anywhere there are trains
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Posted by Train Guy 3 on Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:02 PM

Both the 611 and 1218 are side by side in a shelter outside at the Virginia Museum of Transpotation in Roanoke, VA.

TG3 LOOK ! LISTEN ! LIVE ! Remember the 3.

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jockellis

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May 2002
From: Just outside Atlanta
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Posted by jockellis on Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:23 PM

I rode behind the J from Jax, FL to Valdosta, GA in '85. The next year they were to run the 1218 but I didn't get to go. Anyway, after the trip behind the J, we drove to Cordele, GA where my in-laws were keeping my infant daughter. While there, I heard a steam whistle and ran outside where I could see the Norfolk Southern tracks a block away. A flash of shiny black with a maroon stripe - the 611 - flashed by at the head end of a freight train. It seemed to be going faster than it was pulling the Pullmans.

Jock Ellis Cumming, GA US of A Georgia Association of Railroad Passengers

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traingeek087

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March 2003
From: Nebraska
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Posted by traingeek087 on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:46 PM

www.vmt.org

Rid'n on the city of New Orleans................

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Anonymous

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April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:42 PM

Both Very nice Engings

DOGGY

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tree68

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December 2001
From: Northern New York
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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:03 PM

Very Happy 4 year old visiting 611 on March 13. He adores the engine, and can easily pick it out of a crowd. In fact, he's so excited, his head is a blur... The parents are good friends of my daughter. The visit to VMT was part of his birthday gift.

Larry Whistling
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There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...

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Train Guy 3

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August 2003
From: Anywhere there are trains
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Posted by Train Guy 3 on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:43 PM

I love to see kids choosing steam trains so young.

TG3 LOOK ! LISTEN ! LIVE ! Remember the 3.

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locomutt

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September 2003
From: Louisville,Ky.
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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:55 PM

AAH,another "young,budding,train fan" Great pic. Larry

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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