Photo of the 1218 in Roanoke, 1971

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When did the stop for Amtrak's Hilltopper move west of the Roanoke
passenger station across the tracks from the general area of the
frieght station (VMT site)?  I would guess that this happened around
the same time the platform canopies came down.

Toney Minter

nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> While I do not have a definitive answer, I was able to narrow it down.

> The photo of the 1218 is stated to be May 1, 1971 and the canopies

> are still in place.

> In the Archives hangs a photo of locomotive 1776 sitting at the

> Roanoke station dated May 4, 1974. The platform canopies are gone in

> this photo.

> Therefore, the canopies were removed sometime between these two dates.

> Further research may shrink this timeframe further.

>

> Ron Davis

>

> At 10:36 AM 9/8/2006, you wrote:

>>Anyone know when the platform canopies at Roanoke station were removed?

>>

>>J. Kelling

>>Greenbelt, MD

>>

>> >>> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 9/7/2006 10:11 PM >>>

>>http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/drake/full/DR063.JPG

>>

>>I BELIEVE that to be a photo of that event.

>>

>>Andy Jennings

>

>

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