Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS GP38-2 funeral train from Roanoke to Linwood

Caught NS 968 with 8343 leading 17 GP38-2 and 5 excursion cars heading south to Linwood this morning. Original crew lawed out at Whittles, VA, so a daylight viewing was possible.

First at Pelham, NC.

2 at Reidsville, NC.

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Lots of other goodies out this morning. It appeared to be UP day on the NS Piedmont Division.

NS158 at the s-curve in Reidsville, NC.

NS214 passing NS158 at Shelton, NC.

NS290 at the s-curve in Reidsville, NC.

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Friendly crew on 18M, running for the law, behind NS968.

NS213 with UP4207 following 18M both at Reidsville.

Finally, a video of NS968 with a nice Leslie S3L on the ex-Conrail.

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A few rosters from Shelton, NC.

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more rosters.

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Nice shots and video!!

Are these the pieces sold thru auction?

Yes. They were sold via auction.

Does anyone know if the car "Mississippi", that appears to be a coach, is of Great Northern Heritage? It looks like it might be.

BuddPullman Wrote:
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> Does anyone know if the car "Mississippi", that
> appears to be a coach, is of Great Northern
> Heritage? It looks like it might be.


I don't know much about passenger cars, but based on the window alignment, it looks like all five cars in this train are the exact same type/design.

Also, I haven't heard which numbers yet, but four or five of those GP38's are headed to the W&LE.

Matt

Those will fit in with the HH GP35's that are on roster. Are the passenger cars going to NCTM?

Poker2662 Wrote:
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> BuddPullman Wrote:
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> > Does anyone know if the car "Mississippi", that
> > appears to be a coach, is of Great Northern
> > Heritage? It looks like it might be.
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>
> I don't know much about passenger cars, but based
> on the window alignment, it looks like all five
> cars in this train are the exact same
> type/design.
>
> Also, I haven't heard which numbers yet, but four
> or five of those GP38's are headed to the W&LE.
>
> Matt

Rumor was NCTM got one coach.

These five cars were built for the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1950 or so, then were rebuilt for Pittsburgh's PATrain commuter service in the 1970s/1980s, then went to Connecticut DOT for its passenger services.

Holland America/Princess Tours,(2) Adirondack Scenic,(2) and NCTM (1) were the winning bidders. Winning bids ranged from $160,000 to $275,00

---above info from rypn

Nice shots, please keep an eye on the passenger cars, two of them NS 46 & 47 are going to the west coast. Pics appreciated.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/17 20:13 by thecrewsr.

Glad you were able to get trackside for this & thanks for posting. Awesome pics & video!

Here's 46 and 47 at Shelton.

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I'm not familiar with the area, where is Shelton in relation to Roanoke or Memphis?  Thanks for the pics, wish they had closed up the vestibule.  



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/16/17 09:11 by thecrewsr.

Shelton is right at the NC/VA line, south of Danville, VA.

So this funeral train goes to Memphis where it is parceled out to where ever and interchanged. How long does it take to get to Memphis

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I believe it was terminated in Linwood and being dispersed from there.

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