Norfolk & Western #1218, Late 1980's Footage

A new batch of videos, this time from the vhs video, "Cinders, Rods and Rails: Echoes in the East" - a 1989 production of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the NRHS. Some of the footage quality is not that great, but it's a very old tape. This clip is of Norfolk & Western #1218, back in the late 1980's. The description on the back of the box (and yes, it is all in caps on the back of the box):

"THE LARGEST OPERATING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD, Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 (Roanoke Shops, 1943). This articulated class "A" coal-hauler is seen powering 26 heavyweight passenger cars, on a Historical Society special."

Enjoy, and don't forget to check out my other videos!

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[SJRailroader31]

I love that whistle!

[UnIonPacCheyenne]

@maxm2317 It is just decorative skirting on the firebox. The Class A was designed to burn soft coal from the start. Wooten fireboxes are a bad design for bituminous coal, which is why the Reading 4-8-4s (rebuilds from older 2-8-0s that had Wooten fireboxes) didn't have the horsepower of other 4-8-4s that had fireboxes designed to burn high quality bituminous from the start.

[maxm2317]

It looks as though the 1218 has a Wooten firebox.

[rocksmeller99]

those are nice passenger cars