My Mother had an Aunt that lived in Ohio. Her house was not 50 feet form the railroad tracks. N & W ran the line. I can remember visiting here as a kid an The Powhatan Arrow(N&W 611) would come by at a high speed to get a run a long grade just to the East of her house. That train was clocked at over 100 MPH. Man was it a sight to see. The sound was just amazing.
My Uncle told the story of how N&W had to move the crossing switches back when the 611 went into service. It was so much faster than the locomotive it replaced that the train would hit the switch and be at the crossings before the crossing bar/lights would come on.
Video of the last run of the The Powhatan Arrow on the Peavine line
Information on the locomotive
My Uncle told the story of how N&W had to move the crossing switches back when the 611 went into service. It was so much faster than the locomotive it replaced that the train would hit the switch and be at the crossings before the crossing bar/lights would come on.
Video of the last run of the The Powhatan Arrow on the Peavine line
Information on the locomotive
