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21st Century Steam Norfolk Southern 2013

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  1. mike1522

    mike1522 Long Time Member Friend

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    Tommorow, March 2nd is the 1st day of Mainline Steam Operation on NS and in the US as well.
    March 2 ~ Chattanooga to Attalla w 630

    This years motive Power
    Southern 2-8-0 630
    Nickel Plate Berkshire 2-8-4 765

    In restoration & Fundraising
    Southern 2-8-2 4501- The money has been allocated to get her up and operating in the near future
    FIRE UP 611 an N&W 4-8-4
    Fire Up 611!
    The people at the Virginia Museum of Transportation need as much help in this endeavour in terms of donations
    Check the thread N&W 611 in Internationl forum section for more
     
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    630's Schedule (not including ECS's)
    March 9 ~ Bristol to Radford
    March 10 ~ Bristol to Bulls Gap
    March 16 ~ Roanoke to Walton & Lynchburg
    March 23 ~ Norfolk to Petersburg
    April 13 ~ Spencer to Barber Junction
    April 20 & 21 ~ Asheville to Old Fort

    765's schedule
    May 12 Nickel Plate Limited
    Rocky River, Ohio to Bellevue, Ohio

    Horseshoe Curve Special | May 25, 26 and 27 – Wait List Added
    Lewistown, Pennsylvania to Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania
     
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    Many thanks for sharing that........much appreciated
     
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    Looked like it was hand fired to me, I briefly spotted a guy with a shovel on the footplate.......great footage thanks for sharing.........
     
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    It must be 2-8-2 4501 that TVRM shall be installing a stoker.
     
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    Do the firemen not occasionally use a shovel (on a stoker fitted loco) to top up corners etc?
     
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    The coal in the tender looked quite small , but as osprey noted - yes a fellow with a shovel at one point ....
     
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    630 has arrived in Bristol for this weekends trips. stay posted
     
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    Hardly anything of signafigance from this weekends trips out Bristol, Virginia have been posted on youtube. In the meantime, 630 has made a move to Roanoke, Virginia today. 630 will be in Roanoke for the entire week before this weekends tours.

    Right in the downtown area is the location of The Virginia Museum of Transportation. The musuem is the home for N&W 611. Donations have been rapidly soaring in from all over the world. So far funds from the UK, Germany, Canada and Japan too have been contributing towards the feasibility of returning her to steam. Keep it coming!

    See the link below.
     
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    Dont have two going at once or they might have a bump.... oops sorry, wrong Norfolk...
     
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    Yes 630 would cause quite a stir srriving in Bristol, Temple Meads....
     
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    3 trips out of Roanonke, Virginia this Saturday and Sunday. Stay Posted
     
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    Just looked at a DVD preview of 630 in U-Tube. Excellent stuff too. The amazing thing was there are no fences, photographers all over the place and as far as I could see no heaps of mangled bodies. Strange that.
     
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    Thanks for that link Mike.
     
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