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Bob
   If CSX moved steam locomotives on their own wheels.  Its would be a PR
disaster . It has taking a long time for them to perfect their image.


Larry Evans






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> On May 31, 2014, at 7:49 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> While all this is well and good, there is still a bunch of work to do on the Y to move it. To start with reportedly there is a crack in the frame or cylinder and I have heard that a side-rod also has serious issues.
> 
> None of these are insurmountable and the various parties will, of course, do everything to fix them for the 1,000 mile or so rail journey.
> 
> Now let's have fun speculating about the routes they'll take and especially on home rails before returning "home" to Roanoke. Do I smell "photo opportunity" somewhere out on the road? Bristol Line? Shenandoah Line? Southern main? Who knows at this point, however, ..........
> 
> Interesting that as for the public relations department, NS moves steamers dead-in-train. So does UP as in the recent Big Boy. CSX and the move of the 1309 from Baltimore to Cumberland -- flatcar or whatever but not on it own wheels on CSX . Nice PR move there.
> 
> Bob Cohen
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