On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Bill Owens wrote:

> http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=200851&nseq=10
>
> Not my photo, but a classic steam locomotive built at the Norfolk and
> Western shops in Roanoke, VA.  It was built in 1950 and was arguably the
> most efficient steam engine ever built.
>
> Bill

        Very classy.  I'm somewhat ignorant of the locomotive evolution, 
but the railyard of Roanoke, VA is still clearly visible from the air 
still.  I fly over it occasionally, and the multitude of tracks in the 
switchyard is rather impressive.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA                                       *
* Electrical Engineering                                                *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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