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The Big Three of Steam
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Photo ID: 464346

On a dreary day on the Rathole, N&W 1218 fills the valley with steam and smoke as it climbs the grade toward Tateville, Ky.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Keno, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: Unknown


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By: Michael Biehn

Added: Dec 31, 2013

Views: 2,963
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Photo ID: 455491

Full cab view of A class 1218

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 12, 2013


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By: Franklin Adams

Added: Oct 17, 2013

Views: 6,836
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Photo ID: 443820

The brakeman gives the signal as an eastbound departs from Roanoke, while the N&W 4-8-4 611 and 2-6-6-4 1218 wait their turns to head east. This recreation courtesy of a Lerro Productions photo sh... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 611
Train ID: Photo Shoot
Photo Date: July 14, 2013


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By: Christopher Blaszczyk

Added: Jul 18, 2013

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Photo ID: 443413

The NW 1218 sits in the yard at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The locomotive had been moved out from under the shelter for a special event photo shoot for the weekend.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 14, 2013


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By: Trey Belton

Added: Jul 14, 2013

Views: 20,569
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Photo ID: 439428

Two of the greatest examples of mid-20th Century steam power on display at Roanoke, Virginia.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 20, 2013


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By: Jeff Terry

Added: Jun 10, 2013

Views: 2,209
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Photo ID: 439420

It only took me 26 years! When I was a budding 12-year-old railfan in 1987, I watched with intense interest (via the pages of Trains and Railfan & Railroad) as NS shopped 1218 and put it into exc... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 20, 2013


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By: Jeff Terry

Added: Jun 10, 2013

Views: 2,420
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Photo ID: 432802

The 1987 NRHS Convention was held in Roanoke, Virginia. The schedule included an excursion trip from Roanoke to Radford on August 1, 1987. This trip featured N&W 1218 with a coal train and N&W 611... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: 611
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 01, 1987


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By: Juice Junkie

Added: Apr 18, 2013

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Photo ID: 431902

All dressed up and places to go! A cleaned and polished 611 backs towards its train in preparation of the inaugural run out of the loco's home town and birth place.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: N&W 611
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 19, 1984


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By: Chris Egghart

Added: Apr 10, 2013

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Photo ID: 424235

The crew on N&W 1218 keep a watchful eye as the locomotive prepares to back down against their train. Soon the locomotive will be pulling a passenger special to Front Royal, Virginia.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Manassas, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September, 1991


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By: John Doughty

Added: Feb 08, 2013

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Photo ID: 421168

N&W 1218 waits for her next assignment whenever that day comes.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 13, 2009


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By: Joe Goodrich

Added: Jan 13, 2013

Views: 2,784
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Photo ID: 400357

N&W's mixed train, #202 with 4-8-0 No. 382, has returned from its run to West Jefferson, N.C. and is in the siding at Abingdon, VA to meet time freight #88 led by Y6b 2-8-8-2 #2180 on Aug. 8, 1956... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-8-2
Location: Abingdon, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 2180
Train ID: NS 88
Photo Date: August 08, 1956


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Jun 11, 2012

Views: 7,750
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Photo ID: 376450

N&W Y6a #2170 resting between trips at Roanoke, VA in this 1957 winter scene. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-8-2
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 2170
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February, 1957


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By: Bob Drake [Collection of Tom Sink]

Added: Sep 28, 2011

Views: 13,640
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Photo ID: 365921

N&W Y6 2-8-8-2 #2136 leads as southbound freight through Stoneville, NC in this September 1954 view. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-8-2
Location: Stoneville, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: NW 2136
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September, 1954


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By: Bob Drake [Collection of Tom Sink]

Added: Jun 12, 2011

Views: 12,540
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Photo ID: 350560

While photographing the 1218 on an excursion run to Columbus, Ohio, I happened upon this 1951 Chevrolet along the track. It certainly made for a more interesting photo.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Delaware, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: N&W 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 15, 1987


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By: Ron Cady

Added: Jan 04, 2011

Views: 5,675
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Photo ID: 338823

Standing in the rain during an excursion trip.

Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 2-6-6-4
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1218
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1988


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By: Mike Pierry, Jr.

Added: Sep 24, 2010

Views: 3,854
Comments: 0

Favorited: 23
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