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SOU 4501. In 1966, the Southern Railway, under the leadership of W. Graham Claytor, Jr., operated a popular steam excursion program.The Southern Railway operated some Southern veterans, such as Southern Railway 630, Southern Railway 722, Southern Railway 4501, Savannah & Atlanta 750 as well as leased some locomotives which had served on non-Southern Railway tracks, such as Canadian Pacific ...
[2] [21] [22] By July 15, 1996, repairs on No. 2716 were completed, and the locomotive pulled a freight train on the Toledo, Peoria and Western (TP&W) around Logansport. [21] On July 20-21, No. 2716 pulled some excursions on the TP&W and the Winamac Southern (WSRY) during the Logansport Iron Horse Festival. [21]
Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: Virginia and Potts Creek Railroad: N&W: 1906 1910 Big Stony Railway: Virginia and Southeastern Railway: SOU: 1904 1908 Virginia and Southwestern Railway: Virginia Southern Railroad: 1902 1931 N/A Virginia and Southwestern Railway: SOU: 1899 Still exists as a lessor of the Norfolk ...
RIDE THE RAILS: 12 best Amtrak vacations and scenic train rides in North America The Green Mountain State is known for its autumn displays with oak, maple, and ash trees exploding in rainbow pops ...
The train consisted of 23 passenger cars with Robert B. Claytor at the throttle. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] When the train was running at 58 mph (93 km/h) near the Great Dismal Swamp in Suffolk, Virginia, two of the passenger cars struck a faulty switch on the main line derailing them and the other 12 passenger cars with them. [ 4 ]
A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. After the outbreak of World War II, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) mechanical engineering team developed a new locomotive—the streamlined class J 4-8-4 Northern—to handle rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially on steep grades in Virginia and West Virginia.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation began in 1963 as the Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park in Roanoke, Virginia. The museum was initially housed in an old Norfolk & Western Railway freight depot on the banks of the Roanoke River.
The College Football Playoff got underway Friday but the main course is spread out through Saturday. Three first-round games will be played across three separate campus sites from State College ...