Norfolk & Western #46 "The Tennessean" Editors Pick!        
N&W #46, "The Tennessean," slides over Jefferson Street crossing. To the right is the Norfolk & Western General Office Bldg, a 1951 Dodge and a circa 1941 Mack bus in the Safety Motor Transit scheme. The Tennessean ran Memphis to New York. J #608 was built by the Roanoke shops as an unstreamlined J1 in 1944. After the war it was streamlined and converted to a J, one of a total of 14 that N&W owned. Picture was taken on a round trip from Princeton NJ to Sardis MS.
Date: 8/15/1952 Location: Roanoke, VA   Map Show Roanoke on a rail map Views: 2453 Collection Of:   Charles Knox Freericks
Locomotives: NW 608(4-8-4)    Author:  Charles Knox Freericks
Norfolk & Western #46 "The Tennessean"
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  1940s and 1950s
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Name Type Comments Date
George Redmond General Good shot. 12/26/2008 9:53:34 AM
Doug Wolfe General Great classic shot. 12/26/2008 7:00:45 PM

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