N&W Y6a en-route to Roanoke!

etalcos · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2015 6:32 pm

Regardless of how long it lasts, this is good Karma. While I don't advocate insisting that someone give up something they don't want to give up, I would think a discussion could be had/started about what sort of "items" might make good trade fodder or what someone might be interested in including or adding to their collection. Never hurts to talk....

ETA

TimReynolds · **Joined:** Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:11 pm **Posts:** 287

as12 wrote:

Does anybody have any photos/videos to share of the 2156 in Roanoke? I haven't been able to find any.

Thanks!

Not exactly but here's a news clip

http://www.wdbj7.com/video/nw-2156-arri ... a/32983556

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Thu May 14, 2015 10:48 pm

p51 wrote:

Gary Gray wrote:

2156 just arrived in Roanoke

Man, imagine a photo shoot of 2156, 1218 and a 611 in steam.
Yeah, pure foamery, but I had to put that out there anyway...

The 1218 and 2156 won't be in steam, but it looks like you can get your photo:

http://fireup611.org/event/homecoming-2/

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

get air to their whistles and hava tootfest...

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Fri May 15, 2015 8:35 pm

dinwitty wrote:

get air to their whistles and have a tootfest...

Recalling how N&W freight whistles sound, you really mean a "hoot"-enany!

Oh my, the thought of all three in steam--reenacting pusher service out of Boaz, maybe even doing it at night, and reenacting O. Winston Link, too--that darned dream just won't go away--and there's the Y-3a in Illinois, too--

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Sat May 16, 2015 1:36 am

Part of why the dream won't go away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-6FKD0pr0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV8rA3UE-lc

christensenge · **Posted:** Sat May 16, 2015 11:24 pm

J3a-614 wrote:

Part of why the dream won't go away:

Yep. Says it better than I could.

Best Regards,
Glenn

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2015 8:10 pm

J3a-614 wrote:

p51 wrote:

Gary Gray wrote:

2156 just arrived in Roanoke

Man, imagine a photo shoot of 2156, 1218 and a 611 in steam.
Yeah, pure foamery, but I had to put that out there anyway...

The 1218 and 2156 won't be in steam, but it looks like you can get your photo:

http://fireup611.org/event/homecoming-2/

Photos:

https://www.facebook.com/TrainsMagazine ... 50/?type=1

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hp ... e=56071E4E

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2015 8:17 pm

And something else I ran into looking for more "big three" shots:

http://www.retroweb.com/nwsteam.html

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

of course they're all in steam....

oooh just having some dreamy photoshop fun...

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:00 am

dinwitty wrote:

get air to their whistles and hava tootfest...

Before anyone else gets half-baked ideas, compressed air alone won't cut it. You're talking 300 PSI in the massive volumes you get when superheated water flashes over to steam as the pressure is released.

To get enough compressed air with enough volume, you'd need the equivalent of a tank the size of a large truck or tank car, with air hoses the size of a fire hose. Anything less will be totally aenemic-sounding, as the Titanic Exposition's operatives found out the hard way when trying to show off the sound of the salvaged (and "kitbashed") whistle off said ship.

Compare the Smith-Hyson "Titanic" whistle on air:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7BLGibGUTA

.... with an identical whistle off the Normandie on steam (and recorded up too close):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdvxYM9H7_8

Having experienced 1218's whistle up close and miles away, I say "ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!"