Eastern Railroad Discussion > Virginia Museum special move today

Moving 1776 to the museum:

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Nice catch!

Also good to see the heritage units (at least one of them) earning their keep again and not just sitting around looking pretty!

its also great to see NS taking part in a lot of VMT museum things past couple years

I had to Google "Virgina Museum" to find out that it's in Roanoke, but would you mind informing me where these 2 shots were taken? Some of us hicks west of the Mississippi are not too terribly familiar with eastern turf...

Nice catch & I do appreciate sharing them. I caught the 1776 in Argentine Yard in January of 1977. I guess I'll have to dig those slides out & get 'em scanned...

Thanks,
Lance Garrels
Manhattan, KS

santafe199 Wrote:
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> I had to Google "Virgina Museum" to find out that
> it's in Roanoke, but would you mind informing me
> where these 2 shots were taken? Some of us hicks
> west of the Mississippi are not too terribly
> familiar with eastern turf...
>
> Nice catch & I do appreciate sharing them. I
> caught the 1776 in Argentine Yard in January of
> 1977. I guess I'll have to dig those slides out &
> get 'em scanned...
>
> Thanks,
> Lance Garrels
> Manhattan, KS



Lance,
Both pictures are taken from a bridge just west of the pedestrian bridge that connects the Hotel Roanoke to the south side of the tracks. The top picture shows the former N&W headquarters which (to my understanding) are now condos. Hotel Roanoke is behind that building on the left. The other picture is looking the other direction (west).
I hope this helps.
John

Is this 1776 operational? If so does it have the original prime mover?

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Moving 1776 from where?
Gonut

The 1776 is not operational, just restored cosmetically.


Chris Toth
NSDash9.com

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Moving 1776 from where?
> Gonut

The NS Heritage Event in Spencer

Since it's not operational and dead in tow with headlights off, wouldn't the train require a FRED or at least a red flag? Perhaps the train is considered within yard limits where it's operating in that shot. Would that change the requirements?

Too bad they couldn't have rescued EMD's 10,000th production unit while they were there, instead of letting VMT pull a CSRM.

Bob

ATSF100WEST......Out

SI-Tower Wrote:

> Both pictures are taken from a bridge just west of
> the pedestrian bridge that connects the Hotel
> Roanoke to the south side of the tracks......

> I hope this helps.
> John

Many thanks John! I read the captions as a departure rather the an arrival. That clears up things nicely!

Lance

MarcelineSub Wrote:
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> Gonut1 Wrote:
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> > Moving 1776 from where?
> > Gonut
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> The NS Heritage Event in Spencer

1776 was not in Spencer. In these shots, it was coupled to the Heritage units and Exhibit car at Shaffers Crossing and brought downtown for NS to shoot some photos. The equipment was all part of the 1776 dedication this past Saturday at VMT.

Hank