RailPictures.Net Photo: NW 611 Norfolk & Western Steam 4-8-4 at Ronks, Pennsylvania by Doug Boudrow

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» Norfolk & Western (more..)
» Steam 4-8-4 (more..)

» Strasburg Rail Road
» Ronks, Pennsylvania, USA (more..)
» October 05, 2019

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With a little imagination, this could be Christmas Eve, 1957 in Rural Retreat, Virginia as O. Winston Link recorded his famous audio capturing the final days of N&W steam. The final edit of the recording which captured a J class locomotive with the N&W Pelican and the bells of the Lutheran Church was actually recorded a couple of days later as Link was not satisfied with the original 12/24/57 recording. In reality, this scene is in Strasburg, PA in October of 2019 but it is probably as close as I will ever get to the timeless recording many of us listen to every Christmas Eve. Thanks to my buddy Adam Horgan for the idea on this post.

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