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Dave,

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the modification of rods on these four Js?

Gordon Hamilton

On 10/14/2022 10:29 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> The four J's that I have for modified rods were 600, 605, 610, 611.  
> So with your photo, we've narrowed that to two.  Really does look like 
> 611 in the negative enlargement, but the top part of the second "1" 
> does look a little different  from the top part of the first 
> "1"............  Thanks for posting!!
>
> Dave Stephenson
>
>
>
> On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 09:57:06 AM EDT, NW Mailing List 
> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>
> Flipped the image colors. Sure looks like 611... very slim possibility 
> it's 610
> image.png
> Mike Rector
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 8:11 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List 
> <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>     This is Link negative NW1634, Train 17, Birmingham Special, SB. 
>     No number was recorded for the locomotive in Link's notes, but it
>     is one of the four J's with modified rods.  The photo is clear
>     enough to pick up that detail.  So, could be 611, or one of the
>     other three.
>
>     Dave Stephenson
>
>     On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 07:19:09 AM EDT, NW Mailing List
>     <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
>     Does anyone happen to know the loco # in this classic Link shot at
>     Rural
>     Retreat?
>
>     John Garner
>
>
>     Tis indeed a perfect day to visit us here at the Summit in Rural
>     Retreat! The drive here from anywhere is stunning, with Fall colors
>     popping out everywhere. The Depot is open today, October 9, from 2
>     until
>     5 PM, and our trained docents, Heidi and Amy, will be there to
>     guide you
>     through our history museum and the restored 1860’s building. Frank
>     Akers
>     will be there as well, to provide his personal memories of his
>     grandfather, Agent J. L. Akers, who was the subject of two of O.
>     Winston
>     Link’s favorite photos. Admission and a Dr. Pepper are free for our
>     visitors. The Depot is about a mile south of Exit 60 off I-81,between
>     Wytheville and Marion.
>
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