Photo of the 1218 in Roanoke, 1971

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http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/drake/full/DR063.JPG

I BELIEVE that to be a photo of that event.

Andy Jennings
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  Good addition, Ken.

  Regarding this part - "It was first rolled out for public display, on May 1, 1971 
  at the Passenger Station while on the adjacent track Pocahontas arrived 
  and then departed behind NKP 759 for the last time."  

  I never knew of this until now. Does anyone know of any photos of this?  

  Will


  nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

    On Sep 6, 2006, at 11:20 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

    > Bob,
    > the story is as follows...
    >
    >                                    How 1218 was Saved
    > 

    >
    > The rest of the article tells how the 1218 traveled from Vermont to 
    > Virginia to be displayed at the newly built Roanoke Transportation 
    > Musuem in 1967, and it also tells how while the 1218 was in route that 
    > Mr. Blount was killed in an airplane  crash.....If any one would like 
    > to read the rest of this article and doesnt have this issue I would be 
    > more than pleased to pass it along here...just let me know.
    >
    > until later,
    > Shawn
    >
    Just to offer a tiny correction, the Roanoke Transportation Museum 
    opened on Memorial Day weekend, 1963, as a city park. The 1218 did go 
    to Vermont to be displayed, I recall a photo in Trains Magazine in late 
    1967 or so with it in transit. Nelson Blount died in a small plane 
    crash on August 31, 1967. I don't know why there was such a delay of 
    movement to Steamtown. However, I suspect that it may have in a process 
    of negotiation between Roanoke City (read N&W) and Steamtown to return 
    it to Roanoke. To quote a Roanoke City News release about the arrival 
    of the 1218 back in Roanoke, dated March 7, 1969
    "...the acquisition of this classic display item is the culmination of 
    four years of off-and-on negotiations of a charitable foundation in New 
    England which held title to the locomotive."

    The 1218 arrived in Roanoke on March 6, 1969 after about a 2-3 week 
    move, and was spotted at the Roanoke Station for Bob Claytor, Bruce 
    Sterzing and some other officials to examine it. It was then moved to 
    the East End Shops where it underwent a cosmetic restoration, as time 
    permitted. It was first rolled out for public display, on May 1, 1971 
    at the Passenger Station while on the adjacent track Pocahontas arrived 
    and then departed behind NKP 759 for the last time.

    George Greenacre and Phil Titus were the folks responsible for saving 
    the 1218 and getting in touch with Blount. They are to be commended to 
    this day. George died a number of years ago, I don't know about Phil.

    Ken Miller

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