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In Norfolk & Western's East Roanoke Shops, night foreman W. P. Isabell, hands clasped behind him, watches two cranes move the boiler, high-pressure engine & drive wheels of Y6 #2180 into position on top of the low-pressure engine & drive wheels. This procedure was know as "wheeling" and was part of the major overhaul all steam locomotives underwent at least every five years.
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Engine 1218 Comes Home - January 25, 1996
Article in The Roanoke Times about the return of Norfolk Southern's Class A No. 1218 steam locomotive to Roanoke from Birmingham, Alabama. The article mentions that the Virginia Museum of Transportation had requested that Norfolk Southern donate the 1218 to the museum, but that Norfolk Southern had not made a decision yet.
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Engine 1218 Comes Home - January 25, 1996
Article in The Roanoke Times about the return of Norfolk Southern's Class A No. 1218 steam locomotive to Roanoke from Birmingham, Alabama. The article mentions that the Virginia Museum of Transportation had requested that Norfolk Southern donate the 1218 to the museum, but that Norfolk Southern had not made a decision yet.
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On The Other Side Of The Camera - August 8, 2000
Article in the Extra section of The Roanoke Times about a photographic shoot of O. Winston Link in Roanoke for Vanity Fair magazine. It includes several pictures of Link, including one with him sitting on the 1218, and quotes from David Helmer and Joan Thomas. The article also discusses the cooperation by Norfolk Southern to clean the engine, rig new lights, and move it a quarter of a mile for the photo shoot because Mr. Link wanted it to be in t...
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