Norfolk & Western J-Class Streamlined 4-8-4 Northern No. 603
My personal favorite Whyte pattern, the mighty, magnificent 4-8-4 Northern. The first of these huge streamlined J-class steam locomotives were built in Norfolk and Western Railway's East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, between 1941 and 1942. Number 603 was one of that first batch of four. The last survivor, No, 611, was restored to excursion status until 1994, when a series of unspecified mishaps caused the line to retire her permanently to static display at Roanoke.
(When they dump the fires for the last time on these mighty engines it makes me sad. It's like a death. But——it beats being scrapped.)
Norfolk & Western J-Class Streamlined 4-8-4 Northern No. 603
My personal favorite Whyte pattern, the mighty, magnificent 4-8-4 Northern. The first of these huge streamlined J-class steam locomotives were built in Norfolk and Western Railway's East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, between 1941 and 1942. Number 603 was one of that first batch of four. The last survivor, No, 611, was restored to excursion status until 1994, when a series of unspecified mishaps caused the line to retire her permanently to static display at Roanoke.
(When they dump the fires for the last time on these mighty engines it makes me sad. It's like a death. But——it beats being scrapped.)