Fwd: Fw: 611

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765 has Larry Randolph's name on the cab who passed away who worked 
diligently to restore the engine (was the FWRHS president as well).

It isn't graffiti and done intelligently. Old early steam engines had 
names and some of the Chicago diesels today have some names on them as 
well, I go..well..duh..

Its not plastered all over the engine.

-Lynn-

On 6/11/2015 1:38 AM, nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org wrote:
> Subject:
> Fwd: Fw: 611
> From:
> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> Date:
> 6/10/2015 4:02 PM
>
> To:
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
>
>
> I wrote the VMT and stated my concerns about the words "Spirit of 
> Roanoke on 611 and here is the response I got in return. Alan Cox
>
>     Mr. Cox,
>
>
>     Thank you for your feedback. We know that putting the "Spirit of
>     Roanoke" in small letters under the cab window has upset a lot of
>     611 fans.
>
>
>     The Roanoke City Council designated the Class J 611 as the "Spirit
>     of Roanoke" and the Class A 1218 as the "Pride of Roanoke" a long
>     time ago. This decision had the support of railroaders, community
>     and business leaders and the railroad. Both of these locomotives
>     were owned by the City of Roanoke from the early 1960s to 2012,
>     when ownership was transferred to the Virginia Museum of
>     Transportation.
>
>
>     In and around Roanoke, the locomotives represent the pride,
>     ingenuity and craftsmanship of the people who built these giants
>     of steam. The Spirit of Roanoke honors the laborers who
>     engineered, designed, built and maintained these superior
>     locomotives in Roanoke's East End Shops.
>
>
>     The decision to add the Spirit of Roanoke under the cab window was
>     made by the City Council and the Board of Directors at the VMT.
>     City, community and business leaders wanted to honor the thousands
>     of railroaders who were the heart and soul of the Norfolk &
>     Western operation.
>
>
>     Peg McGuire
>     Director of Communications
>     Virginia Museum of Transportation
>     303 Norfolk Avenue SW
>     Roanoke VA 24016
>
>     pmcguire at vmt.org
>     cell: 540.339.2753
>
>     fireup611.org  |  vmt.org
>
>     *From:*ABCOX99 at aol.com [mailto:ABCOX99 at aol.com]
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2015 3:42 PM
>     *To:* VMT Info
>     *Subject:* 611
>
>     I am very disappointed to see that the VMT has decided to put a
>     name on the side of 611. No Norfolk & Western engine in the "J"
>     class ever had a name to my knowledge. I have heard numerous
>     complaints about this and have to agree that it doesn't belong. I
>     consider it graffiti and has no place on such a beautiful
>     locomotive. No matter what is said, the VMT will do what it wants
>     and that is a shame.
>
>     Sincerely, Alan Cox
>

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