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Norfolk and Western Railway | Roanoke, Virginia | Class J 4-8-4 #607 | July 18, 1951 | R. L. Long
Roanoke, Virginia
July 18, 1951
Norfolk and Western
West Jersey Chapter
R L Long
Norfolk and Western Railway | Roanoke, Virginia | Class A #607 | July 18, 1951 | R L Long Photo | No 607 built 1943 Roanoke Locomotive Shops | Involved in a derailment MP 592 Franklin Furnace on February 20, 1948. Due to failure to obey signal at turnout, excessive speed 77 mph resulting in overturned locomotive, killing fireman. Loco rebuilt, retired 1958 and sold for scrap | 4x5 BW negative #2206
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