Roanoke Shops Sign

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hi Bill

There must be plenty of photos out there taken from the bridge at 
Roanoke depot. There are three photos I am aware of that you might be 
interested in, but they are of the 'modern' sign not the old script version.

1. The classic shot of 600 rolled out into the shop yard brand new. The 
b&w version appears in "N&W: Giant of Steam" (revised) on p235 and the 
color version appears on the cover of the promotional booklet "Modern 
Steam Locomotives of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company" (attached).

2. A photo of diesels in the shop yard by George W. Hamlin on 
RailPictures.net (attached).

3. A night shot of the illuminated sign by Martin K. O'Toole, also on 
RailPictures.net. This is fairly close and should be useful for 
estimating the size of the structure.

Bob Gellatly



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See images at following:

http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=60

railpictures.net images:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=146450
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=53299