Not only is December 7th an incredibly important day in American history, it is also an important day in modern steam history. It was December 7th 1994 that Norfolk and Western number 611 made her final run home to Roanoke. Today we remember the great locomotive that she was, and we continue to hope for a third career in steam. I have posted a link to Kipp Teague's video of 611 on her final afternoon under steam. Share your 611 memories and photos if you have them!
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And the debut of this beauty:
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_nycesx.jpg
The Empire State Express first revenue run was December 7, 1941.
And, IMO, one of the most beautiful steam streamline trains ever to run.
Ed M
The Empire State Express first revenue run was December 7, 1941.
Yes, the story is that the NYC picked that day because Sundays in December were normally "slow news days", so the new streamlined equipment put on the Empire State Express (the train itself dated back to the 1890's IIRC) would be sure to get lots of news coverage.
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