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Taking the Night Train
Norfolk and Western locomotives 475 and 611 are at the station and ready to go...Number 611, a Class-J locomotive, was built at Norfolk and Western’s Roanoke Shops in May 1950. The engine could generate more than 5,100 horsepower and move at speeds up to 110 mph. She was built near the end of the steam era and retired from service in 1959. No. 611 is part of the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke Virginia...Number 475 was the 101st of 125 M class steam locomotives built for the Norfolk & Western from 1906 to 1907, rolling out of Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1906. Number 475 is based out of the Strasburg Railway..
Author: Jeffrey Stoner
© 2019 Jeffrey Stoner Photography.www.JeffreyStonerPhotography.com.Jeffrey@JeffreyStonerPhotography.com
Photograph size: 1.5 Mpixels (4.28 MB uncompressed) - 1498x998 pixels (5x3.3 in / 12.7x8.4 cm at 300 ppi)
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