611 Rolls to Spencer May 24th!!!

southern154 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:54 pm **Posts:** 321

I know it is April first, but this is the real deal. I got a tweet on Twitter from VMT and Fire Up 611 that 611 is heading to Spencer for overhaul and to join in the Streamliners event. Below is a link to Fire Up 611 telling about what is going to happen, or visit FireUp611.org!
http://fireup611.org/?page_id=20

Emmo213 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:06 am

Here is the accompanying news article: http://www.roanoke.com/arts_and_enterta ... f6878.html

whodom · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:38 am

I understand 1218 and 2156 will also accompany her, while a USRA 0-8-0 is being acquired from the Illinois Railway Museum to be cosmetically altered to look like an S-1a in order to round out the museum's N&W collection.

That's my contribution to April 1. :-)

(Edit- I understand and acknowledge that the original post is true. I only wish my April 1 contribution were true as well!)

wesp · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:16 pm

Logistically it makes sense for NS to take N&W 611 along when they ship the Wabash E unit?

Wesley

Bob Lyndall · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:19 pm

Hayneshopcat · **Joined:** Sun May 09, 2010 10:40 am **Posts:** 119

TILT

This is starting to remind me of one of those snake handling religions.

Southern J Class · **Joined:** Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:55 pm **Posts:** 5

The Southern E8 6900 is still there in Roanoke as far as I know. It will need to come back to that would be a heck of a consist.

Gary Gray · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:58 am

Yep, it would be a great consist to see 6900, 1009, and 611 go south in one move. I'll know for sure when the "powers that be" want us to switch everything on 24 hrs notice......