611

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611 and 1218 are the only remaining engines of their type. Enjoy them 
anyway you can.
Timken/no Timken/Name/Noname.

-Lynn-

On 6/12/2015 6:13 AM, nw-mailing-list-request at nwhs.org wrote:
> Subject:
> Re: 611
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> Date:
> 6/11/2015 10:52 PM
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> Bickering about the lettering on the cab has absolutely NOTHING to do 
> with whether or not it continues to run. It has NOTHING to do with its 
> mechanical restoration. The museum knew it would cause some people to 
> be very upset about it. While most foaming railfans don't care, true 
> Norfolk and Western historians are seething.
> My company cut the lettering for the locomotive and tender. I, along 
> with three other volunteers, made the trip to Spencer and spent the 
> day lettering the tender. The locomotive wasn't ready for the 611 
> lettering yet but we provided that too. The cab lettering was added 
> long after we left. While I can't do anything about it I have come to 
> realize it is similar to an art museum built here in Roanoke. Many 
> people hated it, and still do, but there isn't anything we can do 
> about it. I'm just glad I am good at Photoshop.
> Richard D. Shell

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