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Viewing Album:  611's return THE FIRST TIME!!! 1982
 
By:G. R. Harper
Dates:8/22/1982 - 8/22/1982
Album Info:Pictures of N&W 611 on the west leg of the wye at Kinney Yard as it made the move from the ex-Southern to the ex-N&W at Lynchburg. The movie made about its first resurrection, "Going Home", has video of its trip home to Roanoke
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My first glimpse of the 1982 N&W 611 coming into view on the west leg of the wye
Title:  My first glimpse of the 1982 N&W 611 coming into view on the west leg of the wye
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:22:28 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
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It was a paltry crowd greeting the 611 in 1982, compared to the 611 in 2015
Title:  It was a paltry crowd greeting the 611 in 1982, compared to the 611 in 2015
Description:  Credit social media and the internet
Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:24:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
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Garden hoses were out to give the 611 a good scrubbing before its first triumphal return to its birthplace
Title:  Garden hoses were out to give the 611 a good scrubbing before its first triumphal return to its birthplace
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:26:13 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
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Step ladders and cleaning buckets used to clean up the 611 before departing Lynchburg for Roanoke
Title:  Step ladders and cleaning buckets used to clean up the 611 before departing Lynchburg for Roanoke
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:28:29 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
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Getting ready to leave Lynchburg for Roanoke
Title:  Getting ready to leave Lynchburg for Roanoke
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:31:36 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
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Spic and span nose of N&W 611 in 1982
Title:  Spic and span nose of N&W 611 in 1982
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:33:33 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  767   Comments: 0
Profile shot of 611's nose
Title:  Profile shot of 611's nose
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:59:40 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
611's front half as it appeared in 1982
Title:  611's front half as it appeared in 1982
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:39:43 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
611 eases off the west leg of the wye and onto the siding at Kinney for the trip west to Roanoke
Title:  611 eases off the west leg of the wye and onto the siding at Kinney for the trip west to Roanoke
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:41:08 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
A handful of "free-range" railfans watch 611 proceed west
Title:  A handful of "free-range" railfans watch 611 proceed west
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:42:45 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
Fans swarm around N&W 611 as it leaves Lynchburg
Title:  Fans swarm around N&W 611 as it leaves Lynchburg
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:44:11 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  771   Comments: 0
611 leaving Lynchburg
Title:  611 leaving Lynchburg
Description:  Building is the Woodall Road station opened in 1964 when N&W abandoned Union Station in downtown Lynchburg in Dec. 1964
Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:46:10 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  815   Comments: 0
High green off the siding at the west end of Kinney and on to Roanoke
Title:  High green off the siding at the west end of Kinney and on to Roanoke
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:52:58 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
Westward ho! for the 611
Title:  Westward ho! for the 611
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Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:54:33 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
611 and train en route to Roanoke.
Title:  611 and train en route to Roanoke.
Description:  Oh... for the days of free-range railfanning and open-air cars
Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/4/2015 5:55:51 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives: 
Views:  177   Comments: 0

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