Fw: Norfolk & Western No. 611 begins trip to Pennsylvania and the Strasburg

Tue Aug 20 18:59:36 EDT 2019

No, except for one occasion acording to Louis Newton.  He wrote that 603 ran Roanoke to Shenandoah once with special permission from the Division Superintendent.  Permission was required because none of the J's where equipped with cab signals.  I don't remember that he mentioned why a J made this trip.  Five K2a's, 127-131 were equipped with cab signals for Shenandoah Division operation.  60 Roanoke based locomotives were so equipped. Steam operation officially ended on the division February 19, 1957. The crew for train 1 was called before midnight on the 19th, but the train actually departed Hagerstown at 1:15 am February 20th. 

--Rick Morrison
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  Would the 611 (or other J class locos) have ever operated on the Shenandoah Valley line in revenue service, and if so, when was the last time, 1959?

  J. Kelling

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