Info on 611 Excursions

Mon Jan 11 16:32:32 EST 2016

We are very lucky to have any trips after NS announced the end of 21st Century Steam this year.

Regards,
Mike Voiland

On January 11, 2016 3:37:24 PM EST, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>How about something outside of the VMT and NCTM areas?  765 and 630 run
>more far-ranging schedules than this with NS.
>
>Marty Flick
>
>
>---- NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote: 
>> Why nothing east of Lynchburg? Skipping Norfolk two years in a row?
>> 
>> 
>> Walt Gay
>> Grumpy ex-Car Knocker
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: NW Mailing List 
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>>   Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 1:47 PM
>>   Subject: Info on 611 Excursions
>> 
>> 
>>   Here is some info on 611 Excursion from NCTM issued this past
>weekend.
>> 
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>> 
>>   ROANOKE, Va. - World famous Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will
>pull public excursions four weekends between April and June in its home
>state of Virginia and North Carolina, the Virginia Museum of
>Transportation and North Carolina Transportation Museum announced
>Monday. The announcement ends weeks of speculation as to the extent of
>NS's steam operations for 2016 following the conclusion of the
>five-year 21st Century Steam program. 
>> 
>>   Restored in May 2015, the streamlined 4-8-4 will pull excursions
>out of Spencer, N.C.; Greensboro, N.C.; Manassas, Va.; and Roanoke,
>Va., where it was built in May 1950. In addition, No. 611 will make
>special appearances in Roanoke, Manassas, and Danville, Va., and
>Spencer, N.C. 
>> 
>>   After work to replace the front truck wheels and axles, No. 611
>will deadhead from Roanoke to Spencer in February for annual
>maintenance work and its annual Federal Railroad
>Administration-required inspection. 
>> 
>>   The season begins April 9-10 with a pair of excursions out of the
>North Carolina Transportation Museum. On April 9, the engine will run
>to Lynchburg, Va., and return. On April 10, No. 611 will run to
>Asheville, N.C., This will be the first time the Class J will operate
>on the famous Southern Railway Loops between Old Fort, N.C., and
>Ridgecrest, a mountainous area of tunnels and bridges where it takes 13
>miles of tracks to cover 3 air miles. 
>> 
>>   Following the NCTM excursions, the remaining three excursion
>weekends will be hosted by the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
>> 
>>   On April 23 and 24, full-day trips will depart Greensboro, N.C., to
>Roanoke, Va., and return. The route will be via Hurt, Va., and former
>Virginian Railway trackage to Roanoke both directions. 
>> 
>>   On May 7 and 9, No. 611 will run out of Roanoke to Lynchburg via
>Blue Ridge grade in the morning and to Walton via Christiansburg grade
>in the afternoon. 
>> 
>>   On June 4 and 5, No. 611 will pull a total of three trips from
>Manassas, Va., to Front Royal, Va., and return: One roundtrip on the
>morning of Saturday, June 4 and two roundtrips on Sunday, June 5, as
>part of the 22nd Annual Manassas Heritage Railway Festival.
>> 
>>   Tickets will go on sale in February. For excursion details and
>information visit www.fireup611.org.
>> 
>>   In addition to opportunities to ride and watch No. 611 roll by on
>excursions, the public is invited to take advantage of a number of
>special opportunities to get up close to 611 under steam, take photos,
>and meet the crew.
>> 
>>   "We are very excited to offer this experience that people haven't
>had before, to get really close to 611," says Jim Stump, Forward 611
>committee chair for the VMT. "We will be taking 611 to new destinations
>and giving communities an exciting opportunity to celebrate their
>history and rail heritage. It is amazing to experience this engine
>fired up." 
>> 
>>     a.. Over the weekend of May 14, 2016 - visitors to the Virginia
>Museum of Transportation will get to view No. 611 fired up, and meet
>the crew.
>>     b.. June 4, 2016 - After the morning excursion, No. 611 will make
>a guest appearance at the Manassas, Va., Heritage Railway Festival.
>>     c.. June 2016 - No. 611 will be on display at the VMT.
>>     d.. July 2016 - No. 611 will be featured at the North Carolina
>Transportation Museum for special events.
>>     e.. Early August, 2016 - No. 611 will return to the VMT.
>>     f.. Early September, 2016 - No. 611 again will return to NCTM for
>special events and maintenance.
>>     g.. Sept. 24-25, 2016 - No. 611 will travel to Danville, Va., to
>be featured during Danville Rail Heritage Days.
>>     h.. No. 611 will return to Roanoke after the NCTM events conclude
>in the fall. 
>>   The events at the NCTM and the City of Danville involve only the
>locomotive and its crew. No excursions to Danville or to Spencer will
>be offered. 
>> 
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>>   Start planning now .
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>> 
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>> 
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