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Nostalgia & History > Around the Roundhouse in Roanoke, 1966, Part 3Date: 03/04/15 13:01 Around the Roundhouse in Roanoke, 1966, Part 3 Author: MartyBernard These are scans of Rick Burn's Slides taken in Roanoke in August 1966.
1. N&W GP9 739 2. N&W RS11 363 3. N&W RS11 398 Enjoy, Marty Bernard    Date: 03/04/15 17:30 Re: Around the Roundhouse in Roanoke, 1966, Part 3 Author: Tominde Keep em coming. Apparently a steam tender next to 363? What is the circle in upper right?
Date: 03/05/15 05:16 Re: Around the Roundhouse in Roanoke, 1966, Part 3 Author: Phil That would be an auxiliary water tender or "canteen". The N&W used a lot of those canteens with their steam power. The circle in the upper right is where a headlight was mounted for reverse or back up moves..
Tominde Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Keep em coming. Apparently a steam tender next > to 363? What is the circle in upper right? Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/15 05:26 by Phil. Date: 03/05/15 09:25 Re: Around the Roundhouse in Roanoke, 1966, Part 3 Author: YankeeDog I don't know about the circle unless is was an unused backup light removed. I think the car is a canteen car providing extra water to steam locomotives so they wouldn't have to stop heavy coal drags for water.
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