Hello Folks (Those who still visit or monitor this page) I wrote about a month ago announcing that I would be on leave from the Navy in the South Pacific back...
Steve It is great to see these locomotives and historic trucks being worked on at last. Your new pictures really show the classic lines of the engines. They...
Hello Steve, I am trying to aquire a steam locomotive for static display in our city. Do you know what will happen to the engines in your photos? Who do I...
Everyone... As of right now the latest understanding is that all the railroad equipment has been pledged to the Virginia Museum of Transportation (Roanoke VA)....
to those who are interested: Back in July, I was in Richmond VA , taking some training for my job & hear that they intend to unearth the steam locomotive and...
I was in Roanoke today but did not have my camera. However, its obvious work is being done on the locomotives, from what I Could see.... ... From: bootsyone ...
The Machine tools havant been moved yet but we are in communication with a group from Walkersville Maryland, who have an old Ice house, to store the Machine...
Re: Trip to Ice House Hi All, The trip to the Ice house was a success. Both David and I got several photos of the inside and entrance of it and I have posted...
I was last up there over Thanksgiving, so please excuse my late asking... Are the three old rusted hoppers sitting out in the railyard from the scrap yard? And...
Doesn't sound like a done deal quite yet...the following is taken from http://mountainstaterails.net/index.php?showtopic=1096 and was posted on Feb 2nd of this...
Hello Colleague Railfans - this message comes from Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Should I deduce from recent postings that the locomotives, etc., are still at...
Best I know the locomotives are still at the scrapyard but the hoppers have been moved to a track by the VMT I THINK. Bob Welsh Hillsville, VA ... From:...
I was in Roanoke about two weeks ago and the engines were still in the scrap yard then. However, they do appear to have all of the crap cleared from around...
Fella's 3 of the 4 Hoppers are now at the VMofT (Parked on the lead that the N&W 611 is on) the 4th hopper went to the fellow who moved them as payment, he is...
Hello, You are receiving this email because you are watching the topic, "Possible Dates for the tools move" at The Western Virginia Railroad Preservaton...
I was up that way yesterday and you can see 2 of the engines very good from the road now and if you walk down the hill from the bridge you can get some nice...
Greetings, If they're anything like the ex-scrapyard tenders we've had to contend with in the U.K. the tanks themselves will probably be useful only as ...
Just a Reminder, its been pushed to October 27th, 2007. look here for updates vmtmusings.blogspot.com and http://www.vatrainpull.com/ Thanks, Connor VMT...
Alright, heres how it works, im a Volunteer at the VMT, and 1218 will and cant be fired again, due to some rather important parts missing(Mostly all of them),...
Connor, What sorts of parts are missing on the 1218? When I was there for the celebration when it was brought into the museum, it sounded like most everything...
Heh, the 1218 is missing every internal peice, from the flum to the firebox. All we have are the firebox grates, and some scrap parts stored in her flum...
Due to a new building going to be built where the scrap yard and the grain mill are now, the Scarp Yard has closed their doors, and was emptied the other day,...
Awe, what a dang shame - the richest country on the planet can't afford a few shillings to secure some priceless items of heritage for posterity .... "C.D."...
