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Viewing Album:  Steam Engines at the Virginia Museum of Transportation
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:5/15/2017 - 5/15/2017
Album Info:If you ever get down to Roanoke, Virginia, make sure you visit the Virginia Museum of Transportation downtown& Located in the former Norfolk & Western freight station, the depot has a ton of rare, historic engines, including the famous Norfolk & Western 611! Thee is also an extensive car collection as well with some very rare models. Worth a visit if you are ever in the area!
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Ellett Virginian Railway Freight Depot
Title:  Ellett Virginian Railway Freight Depot
Description:  Ellett is less than 4 miles southeast of Blacksburg, where Virginia Tech is located.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:36:54 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  146   Comments: 0
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Title:  DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Description:  Built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1945. 1 of 485 operated in D.C. during streetcar days.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:21:01 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  122   Comments: 0
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Title:  DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Description:  After its retirement in 1962, DC Transit CEO O. Roy Chalk donated it to the museum in 1964.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:23:26 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  121   Comments: 0
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Title:  DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Description:  These could go up to 50 mph and seat between 52 and 61.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:24:13 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  131   Comments: 0
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Title:  DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Description:  This streetcar actually used a 3rd rail to pick up power, enabling D.C. to keep overhead wires around the monuments to a minimum.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:25:46 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
WAB 1009
Title:  WAB 1009
Description:  Built sometime between 1949 and 1954, this engine was cosmetically restored in 2012 in Chattanooga.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 8:14:20 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 1009(E8A)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Chesapeake Western 662
Title:  Chesapeake Western 662
Description:  Built in 1946 for the Chesapeake Western, nicknamed by locals the "Crooked and Weedy."
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 3:45:29 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CHW 662(DS44-660)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02
Title:  AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02
Description:  Must be a new engine (to the museum); it is not listed on the website.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:21:05 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Industrial Engines
Title:  Industrial Engines
Description:  The Blue Ridge Stone switcher diesel was built by Whitcomb in 1941. It is one of several engines that served at plants or factories in the Roanoke area-in this case, just east of Roanoke.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:32:51 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  126   Comments: 0
NW 1135
Title:  NW 1135
Description:  Built in 1967, originally used for freights, then yard service in the 1970s. Note the blue paint scheme. Former Wabash president Herman Pevler was president of the N&W from 1963 to 1970, and he had engines painted in a blue similar to that of his former railroad during that era.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:15:16 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NW 1135(C630)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
Celanese #1
Title:  Celanese #1
Description:  This is a fireless steam engine-while it ran on steam, it received the steam from an external source, which it had to go back to whenever it ran low. This was used for areas where sparks could be particularly hazardous.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 4:16:36 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  151   Comments: 1
AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02
Title:  AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:27:46 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor Jr. Pavillion
Title:  Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor Jr. Pavillion
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:30:09 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NW 1135(C630)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Burro
Title:  Burro
Description:  These always make me think of the breakdown train from Thomas the Tank Engine :)
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:12:07 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Mead 200
Title:  Mead 200
Description:  This little engine was built in 1935 and used at the Mead Paper Company in Lynchburg until its retirement in 1981.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:10:52 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) MEAD 200(UNKNOWN)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Mule
Title:  Mule
Description:  Ever been to the Panama Canal? If you went in 1964 or earlier, you might have encountered this engine! It used to tow ships through the Pacific end of the canal and is one of 3 survivors from its era.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:09:13 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Speeder
Title:  Speeder
Description:  Think of this as a motorized handcar. I am sure railroad workers found these easier to run!
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:05:45 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  99   Comments: 1
Passenger Car
Title:  Passenger Car
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:04:01 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  149   Comments: 0
NW 518409
Title:  NW 518409
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:45:17 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  172   Comments: 0
NW 518539
Title:  NW 518539
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:47:48 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  159   Comments: 0
The Powhatan Arrow
Title:  The Powhatan Arrow
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:02:44 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  459   Comments: 0
VMTX 513
Title:  VMTX 513
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 6:00:59 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  182   Comments: 0
NW 41
Title:  NW 41
Description:  Built in 1959, this engine saw service on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad several years ago.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:59:14 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NW 41(T6)
Views:  401   Comments: 1
NW 518539
Title:  NW 518539
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:47:18 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  149   Comments: 0
NW 518409
Title:  NW 518409
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:45:46 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 0
VMTX 524
Title:  VMTX 524
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:42:25 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Work in Progress
Title:  Work in Progress
Description:  Er, that is/was an M2c built by the Norfolk & Western in 1911. It served until 1950, when it was scrapped. 59 years later, it was rescued from the scrapyard. Hopefully, it will be restored one day!
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:38:41 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1151(4-8-0)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Work in Progress
Title:  Work in Progress
Description:  Right now, it looks like a scrapyard scene in Thomas the Tank Engine.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:39:25 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1151(4-8-0)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Switchers
Title:  Switchers
Description:  Down the line, several switchers from Norfolk Southern sat idle, including a former Burlington Northern unit and a CEFX unit (could not catch the number on that one).
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:35:05 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  NS 4612(GP59)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Nickel Plate Road 470
Title:  Nickel Plate Road 470
Description:  The Nickel Plate Road was the nickname of the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, which merged with Norfolk Southern in 1964. This caboose was built 2 years prior to the merger and continued to serve on the Norfolk & Western until the 1980s, when with the end of caboose service it was donated to the museum.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:26:19 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  177   Comments: 0
Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor Jr. Pavillion
Title:  Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor Jr. Pavillion
Description:  Many of the engines are stored under this.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 4:17:35 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NW 1135(C630)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Celanese #1
Title:  Celanese #1
Description:  Presumably built around 1946, this engine was manufactured by Porter. It worked at the Celanese plant in Celco, VA, and was last used in 1966.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 4:18:36 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  132   Comments: 1
Virginian 321
Title:  Virginian 321
Description:  Caboose built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1949, transferred to Norfolk & Western 10 years later.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 4:10:16 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Handcar
Title:  Handcar
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:22:14 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  107   Comments: 0
AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02
Title:  AEP Glen Lyn Plant 02
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 5:21:34 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Industrial Engines
Title:  Industrial Engines
Description:  Little steam engine and little diesel.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 4:20:14 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
UP 7699
Title:  UP 7699
Description:  I love it when these museums are next to active tracks! UP 7699 becomes a temporary display as it leads a freight train past the museum.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 3:57:25 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7699(AC45CCTE)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
NS 9446
Title:  NS 9446
Description:  A lot of these museums are next to the active tracks, probably because they are on old tracks no longer used and it makes it easier to ship equipment to and from it.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 3:58:25 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9446(C44-9W)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
NS 2643
Title:  NS 2643
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 3:59:01 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2643(SD70M)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Virginian 4
Title:  Virginian 4
Description:  The only surviving steam engine from the Virginian Railway! One of 2 Class SAs built by Baldwin between 1909-1910 for the railway.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 4:17:24 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  VGN 4(0-8-0)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Chesapeake Western 662
Title:  Chesapeake Western 662
Description:  Robert E. Lee wanted to connect the Shenandoah Valley with Baltimore and was instrumental in the founding of this railroad, which he was the first president of.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 3:47:03 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CHW 662(DS44-660)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Chesapeake Western 662
Title:  Chesapeake Western 662
Description:  All engines had a little placard on them telling their history. This one shows its condition before the scrapyard which owned it donated it to the museum. The restoration looks wonderful!
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/19/2018 3:48:03 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CHW 662(DS44-660)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
WAB 1009
Title:  WAB 1009
Description:  During its active days, this locomotive pulled such famous trains as the Wabash Cannonball, the City of St. Louis, and the City of Kansas City.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 8:15:25 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  WAB 1009(E8A)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
NW 518302
Title:  NW 518302
Description:  Built by NW in 1922, donated to the museum in 1963.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 8:09:02 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  WAB 1009(E8A)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Title:  DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Description:  The National Capital Trolley Museum has 1101, the first of these built for D.C. When I used to live in Maryland, it seemed like that was the only one they would ever run for several years. Hopefully, this one will be restored to running order one day, though I do not know if there are any plans for that.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:29:15 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  31   Comments: 0
Ellett Virginian Railway Freight Depot
Title:  Ellett Virginian Railway Freight Depot
Description:  Ellett may be most famous for having its freight depot preserved at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:37:50 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  36   Comments: 0
DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Title:  DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar #1470
Description:  Glen Echo Park is still around and open to visitors. It is no longer really an amusement park, but they do still have a carousel there. Also, the Clara Barton House is located nearby.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:30:51 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Virginia Museum of Transportation
Title:  Virginia Museum of Transportation
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:17:11 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Diesel Engine Diagram
Title:  Diesel Engine Diagram
Description:  Though no railroad name is apparent, the paint scheme looks like one of the Rock Island ones.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:16:35 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  View of the exterior of the cab on NW 1218.
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:15:03 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  117   Comments: 0

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