Amtrak in Roanoke on Web Cam

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Mon Feb 17 15:14:27 EST 2020 

Hey Ken

Amtrak has a facility, on the east side of the N&W Punkin’ Vine, north of the diamond with the VGN ot the North East side. JK tower of course, is gone, it stood in the South West quadrant.

At night the train pulls into the station on the N&W side, from the east. Stops, unloads, then normally backs east to the east leg of the Campbell Avenue wye, proceeds through the wye to the facility, pulls in and parks for the night.

Early in the morning, the train backs out of the maintenance facility, goes north, then through the west leg of the Campbell Avenue wye and backs into the station. From the Hotel Roanoke webcam it is normally easily seen, but it is dark. I don’t know exactly what time they spot it at the station.

Best
Ken Miller


> On Feb 17, 2020, at 11:47 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Ken 
> I've asked before but, my old mind still didn't compute .On the Web Cam I
> see the Amtrak BACK  in to the platform in Roanoke .Where is it backing in
> from? Does it come by the old Virginian JK Tower? Or is JK to far back? I
> know they keep some Amtrak equipment over in South Yard Where is it stored
> over there? All of that is out of the Hotel Roanoke Camera range. Ken Tanner
> (Kid on a hill run) 
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> Enjoy this EBT video! Thanks Wayland,
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> Just found this while moving my timetable collection this afternoon.
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> N&W Norfolk Division Timetable No. 16, effective 12:01 am, Tuesday, December
> 1, 1959
> 
> Page N-26
> Maximum Permissible Speed Table listed
> Portlock to South Roanoke
> Engines Class DE-S and DE-RS, Passenger Trains; 55 mph, Time and Local
> Freight Trains, 45 mph; Other Trains, 35mph
> Engines Class DE-38, Passenger Trains, 55 mph; Time and Local Freight Trains
> 45 mph;  Other Trains, 35mph
> Engines Class PA and BA, Passenger Trains, 55 mph; Time and Local Freight
> Trains, 45 mph; Other Trains, 35mph
> 
> I thought that was pretty interesting, I only listed the top three lines,
> but that would have to be the only place that Virginian steam was listed in
> an N&W employee timetable.
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> Hard to imagine that stuff that had been out of service for over three and a
> half years would even have been listed.
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> Thanks very much! That's very helpful.
> -Phil Miller
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> Subject: Virginian PA Speed
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> Just found this while moving my timetable collection this afternoon.
> 
> N&W Norfolk Division Timetable No. 16, effective 12:01 am, Tuesday, December
> 1, 1959
> 
> Page N-26
> Maximum Permissible Speed Table listed
> Portlock to South Roanoke
> Engines Class DE-S and DE-RS, Passenger Trains; 55 mph, Time and Local
> Freight Trains, 45 mph; Other Trains, 35mph Engines Class DE-38, Passenger
> Trains, 55 mph; Time and Local Freight Trains 45 mph;  Other Trains, 35mph
> Engines Class PA and BA, Passenger Trains, 55 mph; Time and Local Freight
> Trains, 45 mph; Other Trains, 35mph
> 
> I thought that was pretty interesting, I only listed the top three lines,
> but that would have to be the only place that Virginian steam was listed in
> an N&W employee timetable.
> 
> Hard to imagine that stuff that had been out of service for over three and a
> half years would even have been listed.
> 
> Best
> Ken Miller
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