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Owner: Norfolk & Western
Model:UNKNOWN NW Type A 2-6-6-4Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:340Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Built Roanoke June 1943
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NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1990  Upload Date: 11/18/2012 7:28:40 PM
Location:  Ludlow, KY
Author:  Bryan Oliver
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  The Independence Limited arrives at Mount Vernon
Photo Date:  6/11/1990  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 3:29:28 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, IL
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Norfolk & Western 1218 pulling the Independence Lkmited
Title:  Norfolk & Western 1218 pulling the Independence Lkmited
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/1990  Upload Date: 10/13/2008 10:20:26 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon, IL
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  The Independence Limited departs Centralia
Photo Date:  6/12/1990  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 3:31:04 PM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  1098   Comments: 5
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  The Independence Limited switching at Mount Vernon
Photo Date:  6/12/1990  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 3:30:02 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, IL
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
N&W 1218
Title:  N&W 1218
Description:  N&W 1218 at St Louis Union Station
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 10/8/2006 8:51:34 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  1216   Comments: 0
N&W 1218
Title:  N&W 1218
Description:  Another photo of N&W 1218 at St Louis Union Station
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 10/8/2006 8:54:41 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  826   Comments: 0
N&W 1218 Tender
Title:  N&W 1218 Tender
Description:  Photo of 1218s Tender
Photo Date:  6/15/1990  Upload Date: 10/8/2006 9:05:05 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  4584   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  1218 on display at St. Louis Union Station
Photo Date:  6/16/1990  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 3:35:56 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Station,Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  1218 and 844 on display at St. Louis Union Station
Photo Date:  6/16/1990  Upload Date: 10/1/2009 3:36:25 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Mary Rae McPherson
Categories:  Station,Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4) UP 844(4-8-4)
Views:  2540   Comments: 0
N&W class A 1218 at Union Station
Title:  N&W class A 1218 at Union Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1990  Upload Date: 3/28/2010 6:41:26 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Bill Wilcox
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
Norfolk and Western #1218
Title:  Norfolk and Western #1218
Description:  From the collection of Dennis Schmidt
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 11/25/2005 10:54:47 PM
Location:  Fort Wayne, IN
Author:  Dennis Schmidt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  1206   Comments: 0
N&W 1218 on the Fort Wayne Flyer
Title:  N&W 1218 on the Fort Wayne Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/7/1990  Upload Date: 12/18/2009 1:41:10 AM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  500   Comments: 3
N&W 1218 at Columbia Avenue
Title:  N&W 1218 at Columbia Avenue
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/1990  Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:50:13 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Downtown
Title:  Downtown
Description:  NW 1218 stops downtown at the farthest reach of its trip from Buffalo. The engine will turn here, going back to Girard to wye, then gather up the crowd and return them home.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/24/2016 3:01:34 AM
Location:  Albion, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  327   Comments: 2
Kicking up the dust
Title:  Kicking up the dust
Description:  NW 1218 kicks up the dirt from a street department project as it paddles down 19th St.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 2:54:33 AM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  331   Comments: 2
Watching the trains go by
Title:  Watching the trains go by
Description:  In this case, something quite unusual. The NRHS trip to Albion PA on the B&LE rolls slowly down 19th St on fresh pavement, grabbing the attention of local residents, who are enjoying the view from their porches.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 2:57:42 AM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  327   Comments: 1
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description:  NW 1218 rolls through Fairview, almost to the famous street running section of Erie. It held here for an eastbound stack.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 2:59:59 AM
Location:  Fairview, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  274   Comments: 2
Onto the B&LE
Title:  Onto the B&LE
Description:  NW 1218 rolls through the connection to the Bessemer & Lake Erie at Girard, west of Erie. Quite a crowd has turned out to see the storied 2-6-6-4.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 3:05:06 AM
Location:  Girard, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
Blasting down the Nickel Plate
Title:  Blasting down the Nickel Plate
Description:  NW 1218 rolls west at a good clip on the former Nickel Plate, showing why it was well known as a fast freight route.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 3:09:44 AM
Location:  Portland, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  231   Comments: 1
NKP signal
Title:  NKP signal
Description:  NW 1218 rolls past a typical example of an NKP traffic light style signal, now a dozen miles out of Buffalo on a Western NY RHS trip to Albion PA on the B&LE.
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 3:14:04 AM
Location:  Wanakah, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  237   Comments: 2
Close and fast
Title:  Close and fast
Description:  NW 1218 rolls past the camera at speed just after passing the signal in an earlier photo. It was an impressive experience!!
Photo Date:  8/11/1990  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 3:16:43 AM
Location:  Wanakah, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  240   Comments: 2
1218 through the rain
Title:  1218 through the rain
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1990  Upload Date: 3/3/2005 12:21:24 PM
Location:  Fayette, OH
Author:  Dennis Andariese
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  762   Comments: 2
A large waiting crowd awaits N&W's 1218 arrival from an excursion
Title:  A large waiting crowd awaits N&W's 1218 arrival from an excursion
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/1990  Upload Date: 11/29/2017 4:23:46 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Thom Horvath
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
N&W 1218 in Chilhowie
Title:  N&W 1218 in Chilhowie
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/1990  Upload Date: 1/25/2013 7:38:25 PM
Location:  Chilhowie, VA
Author:  Matt Helton
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
Bob Saxtan, Chuck Akers and N&W 1218
Title:  Bob Saxtan, Chuck Akers and N&W 1218
Description:  Bob Saxtan and Pilot Engineer Chuck Akers eastbound through Chilhowie
Photo Date:  9/15/1990  Upload Date: 1/25/2013 7:38:26 PM
Location:  Chilhowie, VA
Author:  Matt Helton
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  1096   Comments: 0
N&W 1218
Title:  N&W 1218
Description:  N&W 1218 returning to Bristol from Radford. This photo was made in the Barytes community of Bristol along Beaver View Drive.
Photo Date:  9/15/1990  Upload Date: 1/25/2013 7:38:26 PM
Location:  Barytes, VA
Author:  Matt Helton
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
NW 1218 on Bristol-Knoxville trip
Title:  NW 1218 on Bristol-Knoxville trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/1990  Upload Date: 10/14/2013 4:21:50 PM
Location:  Morristown, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
NW 1218 on a Bristol-Knoxville round trip
Title:  NW 1218 on a Bristol-Knoxville round trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/1990  Upload Date: 2/25/2015 3:03:15 PM
Location:  Morristown, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
N&W 1218 passes old railroad hotel
Title:  N&W 1218 passes old railroad hotel
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/1990  Upload Date: 3/30/2016 4:51:24 PM
Location:  Whitesburg, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
N&W 1218 on a Knoxville-Bristol ferry move
Title:  N&W 1218 on a Knoxville-Bristol ferry move
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/1990  Upload Date: 3/14/2016 4:24:24 PM
Location:  Mosheim, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  413   Comments: 1
1218 on the old C&O
Title:  1218 on the old C&O
Description:  Runby past the old coaling tower
Photo Date:  9/22/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2013 8:13:10 PM
Location:  Balcony Falls, VA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
1218 in the James River Valley
Title:  1218 in the James River Valley
Description:  Eastbound on the old C&O
Photo Date:  9/22/1990  Upload Date: 10/23/2013 8:13:54 PM
Location:  Snowden, VA
Author:  Bo| Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
NW 1218 west at Goode Station
Title:  NW 1218 west at Goode Station
Description:  Heading from Lynchburg to Roanoke; Roanoke Chapter NRHS excursion
Photo Date:  9/22/1990  Upload Date: 2/25/2013 5:59:13 PM
Location:  Goode, VA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
N&W 1218 on a Bristol-Knoxville excursion
Title:  N&W 1218 on a Bristol-Knoxville excursion
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 3/14/2016 4:01:57 PM
Location:  Strawberry Plains, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
NW 1218 on a Knoxville-Bristol run
Title:  NW 1218 on a Knoxville-Bristol run
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 3/14/2016 4:23:33 PM
Location:  Moshiem, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
N&W 1218 on a Knoxville to Bristol run
Title:  N&W 1218 on a Knoxville to Bristol run
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 3/14/2016 4:12:54 PM
Location:  Morristown, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
NW 1218 on Bristol-Knoxville excursion
Title:  NW 1218 on Bristol-Knoxville excursion
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 4/17/2013 3:01:54 PM
Location:  Bulls Gap, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  394   Comments: 1
NW 1218 crosses the Holston River
Title:  NW 1218 crosses the Holston River
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 4/17/2013 3:06:59 PM
Location:  Strawberry Plains, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
NW 1218 passes depot
Title:  NW 1218 passes depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 1/12/2015 3:30:43 PM
Location:  Chuckey, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
1218 north on the Shenandoah Valley Line
Title:  1218 north on the Shenandoah Valley Line
Description:  On a high bridge near Lithia
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 2/23/2013 7:18:07 PM
Location:  Lithia, VA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
NW 1218 on our photo runby at Balcony Falls, Virginia
Title:  NW 1218 on our photo runby at Balcony Falls, Virginia
Description:  NW 1218 on our photo runby at Balcony Falls, Virginia
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 8/23/2011 8:26:07 AM
Location:  Balcony Falls, VA
Author:  Allen Spitzer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  N&W 1218 at Natural Bridge, Virginia pulling our excursion train on the Shenandoah Valley Line.
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 8/23/2011 8:26:37 AM
Location:  Natural Bridge Stati, VA
Author:  Allen Spitzer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  N&W #1218 on a photo runby near Natural Bridge Station, Virginia
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 8/23/2011 8:26:51 AM
Location:  Natural Bridge Stati, VA
Author:  Allen Spitzer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  N&W #1218 at Balcony Falls, Virginia
Photo Date:  9/23/1990  Upload Date: 8/23/2011 8:25:51 AM
Location:  Balcony Falls, VA
Author:  Allen Spitzer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
Run-by
Title:  Run-by
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1990  Upload Date: 3/1/2010 5:56:17 PM
Location:  Front Royal, VA
Author:  G. Thomas Wyatt
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
N&W 1218
Title:  N&W 1218
Description:  The 1218 handles an excursion train at Lula. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1990  Upload Date: 8/27/2010 6:51:01 PM
Location:  Lula, GA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  1511   Comments: 7
N&W 1218
Title:  N&W 1218
Description:  The 1218 performs a photo run-by just north of Lula. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1990  Upload Date: 8/27/2010 6:58:23 PM
Location:  Lula, GA
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  721   Comments: 3
1218 South
Title:  1218 South
Description:  Alexandria-Lynchburg excursion
Photo Date:  10/6/1990  Upload Date: 4/26/2013 9:44:44 PM
Location:  Orange, VA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Leaving Toccoa for Atlanta.
Title:  Leaving Toccoa for Atlanta.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/27/1990  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 12:30:24 PM
Location:  Toccoa, GA
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  313   Comments: 0


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