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CO 2-6-6-6 #1604 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
Description: |
Beautiful and massive Chesapeake & Ohio was an outdoor display back in 1987 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. It now resides at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD. An unknown photographer captured the moment in 1987. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:08:27 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
CO 1604(2-6-6-6) |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CO 2-6-6-6 #1604 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
Description: |
Here is another view of the massive C&O loco that was on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation back in June of 1987. Now it is part of the Baltimore & Ohio Museum in Baltimore, MD. An unknown photographer captured the moment. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:08:41 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
CO 1604(2-6-6-6) |
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222 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A Trio of Speeders |
Description: |
Three speeders, Timken TRBX no number, Norfolk & Western 64102 and Nickel Plate Road 1559 speeders all were outside displays next to the C&O 2-6-6-6 #1604 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation back in June of 1987. An unknown photographer captured the moment. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:08:48 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
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146 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NKP 2-8-4 #763 - Nickel Plate Road |
Description: |
Back in June of 1987, this beautiful Nickel Plate road 2-8-4 Berkshire #763 was an outside display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. In 2007, Jerry Jacobson purchased the loco for his new Age of Steam Roundhouse where it is today. An unknown photographer captured the moment. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:08:56 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NKP 763(2-8-4) |
Views: |
189 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NKP 2-8-4 #763 - Nickel Plate Road |
Description: |
Here is another view of the Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire #763 taken by an unknown photographer back in June of 1987 when it was an outdoor display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. In 2007, it was purchased for the new Age of Steam Roundhouse in Ohio where it resides today. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:09:02 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NKP 763(2-8-4) |
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205 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NKP 2-8-4 #763 - Nickel Plate Road |
Description: |
This is a fair quality photo taken by an unknown rail fan of the Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #763 Berkshire cab while it was on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in June of 1987. Now this fine loco resides at the new Age of Steam Roundhouse in Ohio. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:09:12 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NKP 763(2-8-4) |
Views: |
202 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NKP 2-8-4 #763 - Nickel Plate Road |
Description: |
This is another view of the Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #763 Berkshire while it was an outside static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation back in June of 1987. It has since moved to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Ohio. An unknown photographer caught it back in 1987. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:09:18 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NKP 763(2-8-4) |
Views: |
191 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NW 2-6-6-4 #1218 - Norfolk & Western |
Description: |
Great face shot of Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 as it sat outside in June of 1987 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Currently the loco still resides at the museum but in a much more protected spot than it had in 1987. An unknown photographer caught this image. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:09:27 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4) |
Views: |
250 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
US Canal Mule #686 - US Panama Canal |
Description: |
One of a very few Panama Canal mules on display. The locks "mule" was built by GE in Schenectady, NY in 1914 and worked until retirment in 1964.The mule was a "Pacific Locks Mule which operated at the west end of the canal. It is 32' long, 8' wide, and weighs 42 tons with a wheelbase of 12 feet and operates on a track gauge of 5 feet. It was powered by a three-phase, 220-volt, 25-cycle motor geared to traction equipment. The towing capacity of the complete unit was 25,000 pounds. An unknown rail fan caught this mule as one of the outside exhibits at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in June of 1987. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:09:43 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
US 686(Unknown) |
Views: |
142 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
VGN 0-8-0 #4 - Virginian |
Description: |
An appropriate loco for the Virginia Museum of Transportation is this Virginian 0-8-0 yard goat as an outside display back in June of 1987. Built by Baldiwn in August of 1910 (serial #35034), the loco is still at the Museum but now housed in a more protected shelter than it was in 1987. An unknown photographer took this photo. |
Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2022 9:09:51 AM |
Location: |
Roanoke, VA |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
VGN 4(0-8-0) |
Views: |
148 Comments: 0 |
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