They're back!
It took all day, but #611 and #1218 came back to the museum yesterday. After what seemed an eternity waiting for freight trains to go by, we finally saw this coming down the main line.
#1218 rolled through our gates first, shortly before lunch time. We would not see #611 until just before 7:00 pm, but it was worth the wait to see these engines come home. Once again, we offer our thanks to Norfolk Southern for their help, and for their understanding about our sense of urgency. We also want to thank Phil McFarland and Connor Doornbos, two VMT volunteers who stayed all day to help us get this done.
We've got plenty more video that we'll put up. Stay tuned!
posted by VMT-blogger @ 10:47 AM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
It still doesn't make sense why there is no mention of 1218 on the "Collection" page of the VMT web site. You have perhaps the best surviving near-operational simple articulated locomotive in the nation and you don't even mention it except in your blog postings.
We completely agree with you!
Our website is still under construction, and one of the major projects we're working on for it is an interactive rail yard. This would possibly take the form of a photo tour of the rail collection, and with #1218 front and center, it would be featured prominently.
For now, #1218 is conspicuously absent, and the same can be said for literally dozens of other pieces of rolling stock. Keep checking back, though, as we're trying to update often.
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