The Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS inspects the NW 1218 before placing it back under the Robert B. Claytor and W. Graham Claytor, Jr. Pavilion after a weekend photo shoot.
The Norfolk & Western 1218 sits in the yard at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The locomotive had been moved out from under the shelter for a special event photo shoot for the weekend.
The helper crew has taken the siding with N&W 2-6-6-4 1218 to allow 4-8-4 611 to continue eastward with an overnight passenger train. This recreation courtesy of a Lerro Productions photo shoot at... (more)
Hooping up orders. The conductor grabs a new set of orders from the operator in this view from the cupola of a N&W caboose, while 2-6-6-4 1218 sits on the pocket track waiting to help the n... (more)
Train time in Roanoke. As the porter puts away a couple's bags and the conductor starts to collect tickets from the recently-boarded passengers, N&W 1218 waits to follow the passenger train... (more)