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[59] [63] In spring 1963, No. 611 was cosmetically restored and put on static display at the new Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park, which opened on Memorial Day that year. [ 59 ] [ 63 ] In late 1966, at Claytor's request, SOU president D. W. Brosnan launched the railroad's steam excursion program with Ms class 2-8-2 No. 4501 running ...
The earliest components of the museum's collection included a United States Army Jupiter rocket and the J class steam locomotive No. 611, donated by Norfolk & Western to the city of Roanoke, where many of its engines were built. The museum added other pieces of rail equipment, including a DC Transit PCC streetcar; and a number of horse-drawn ...
[10] [11] In 1959, No. 611 was retired from revenue service and donated to the Roanoke City Council, who put it on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT), thanks to the efforts of Washington, D.C. lawyer W. Graham Claytor Jr., who convinced the N&W that No. 611 was in excellent condition after its accident.
The lone exception was No. 611, which was donated to the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) in 1962. It has been restored twice: once as part of the Norfolk Southern Railway's steam program in 1982, and again as part of the VMT's Fire up 611! campaign in 2015.
Today, #1218 is on static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia; locomotive #611 has been restored to working order for the VMT by the North Carolina Transportation Museum; N&W class Y6a #2156 has been brought to Roanoke from the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri; and Class M #475 continues ...
Tom and Anna Tupka, of West Haven, Conn. tour the new Pontiac Transportation Museum that features a collection of vintage Pontiac cars, military vehicles and other transportation artifacts from ...
N&W 620 remains in operation at the N.C. Transportation Museum. Originally in the black freight color scheme, she was repainted to tuscan in 1986 to reflect her role in pulling the museum's passenger train. EMD GP9: B-B: 10–13: 1955: 4: Renumbered 710–713 in 1956 EMD GP9: B-B: 714–761: 1956–1957: 48: EMD GP9: B-B: 762–767 (1st) 1957: 6
Virginia Museum of Transportation - a large museum in Downtown Roanoke that hosts a number of exhibits describing Virginia's transportation history and industry. It also is the home base of the 611 Steam Engine , which was built in Roanoke in the 1940s and has since become a symbol of the city, previously being depicted on the logo of the ECHL ...