new, old 1218 video on YouTube

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I knew it was one of them thar power company trucks :) At the 
time, such little details didn't seem important until, that 
is, you try to remember them to get your facts right!  :) 
Thanks Jim.

Jerry

---- Original message ----

>Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:19:56 -0500

>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>  

>Subject: Re: new, old 1218 video on YouTube  

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>Jerry:  It was an AEPCO truck. That's who ran the power 

plant at Glen Lyn. 

>Glad to learn that you guys were all that close to where I 

was.  Jim Nichols

>

>

>>I was there, too, helping clear the debris from US 460. A 

VEPCO truck (or 

>>some

>> such power co.) was there and they had a chain saw.  They 

cut the tree 

>> branches

>> and we drug them off of the road.  We were so disappointed 

at getting 

>> caught

>> in the slide.  We just knew we had missed the train 

pulling in to 

>> Bluefield.  But as

>> it turned out, they had their own slide problems, so we 

were still able to 

>> get to

>> Bluefield in time to see it come in.

>>

>> Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, VA

>>

>> ---- Original message ----

>>>Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:38:36 -0400

>>>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>Subject: Re: new, old 1218 video on YouTube

>>>To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>

>>>How well I remember too, Jim.  I was driving John Snidow's 

Ford Bronco.

>>>And, boy, that high clearance came in real handy that 

day.  I also 

>>>remember

>>>helping clear some slide debris from 460 west of Narrows.  

And the East

>>>River was even wilder than the New River that day.  But 

what great steam

>>>effects!

>>>

>>>Sam Putney

>>>

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>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:53 PM

>>>Subject: Re: new, old 1218 video on YouTube

>>>

>>>

>>>> How well I remember!  That was the day they almost 

aborted the run just

>>>> east of Glen Lyn because the heavy rains had caused high 

water, fallen

>>>> trees, and messed up signal systems. They considered 

backing the train 

>>>> to

>>>> Walton. After sitting still for an hour or so, they 

decided to go on to

>>>> Bluefield (as intended). This gave us time to clear a 

fallen tree from 

>>>> 460

>>>> with a borrowed chain saw so we could proceed west. We 

chased as far as

>>>> Oakvale, where the WV state troopers had closed the road 

up East River. 

>>>> We

>>>> had to go to Bluefield through Princeton. Coming back, 

Ron Flanary got a

>>>> great scan shot at Ada. (published in Trains several 

years later)

>>>> Jim Nichols

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>>>>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>>>>Sent: Jun 23, 2008 8:31 PM

>>>>>>To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>>>>Subject: new, old 1218 video on YouTube

>>>>>>

>>>>>>Yesterday I posted to YouTube some video of 1218 from 

1987. It was

>>>>>>shot on VHS and doesn't measure up to currently 

available consumer

>>>>>>video, but hey, it's video over 20 years old.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>I especially like the segment at about 2:30 where 1218 

tries to

>>>>>>restart on wet rail on

>>>>>>Christiansburg Mountain. Great sound. And it looks to 

me like O.

>>>>>>Winston Link makes a cameo appearance.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>Enjoy.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so7-Fu2psjc >

>>>>>>

>>>>>>Ross Hunter

>>>>>>Orange, VA

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