Steaming Along the Line - Episode 2 (Norfolk & Western Class A 1218)

Great interview Zac, 1218 is a beauty and hopefully one day she'll breathe the breath of Steam again. I see lots if opportunities for the future of this podcast, and will be there to see it!

Yes this would be nice to see 1218 again but they won't let 611 run anywhere on the system so what chance does the 1218 have. Thanks for the post.

12:08 thanks for including that shot! 🙏

Good job Zack well done

Scott Lindsay is a Steam Legend!!

Great video, Zac!

This was a great video and interview! Its very promising that Mr. Lindsey is so optimistic about the condition of 1218!

Good video, like!!!

I got to see it back when the Cincinnati Railroad Club was running railfan trips a good while back. A monster ! I liked the 611 better because of that steamboat whistle. Love that lonesome sound.

I rode behind each of them in the mid 80s. The 1218 sounded like a jet engine going uphill. It was amazing.

I love watching Bob Saxton open the throttle, then she took off and he closed it quickly, apparently that passenger train wasn't anywhere near enough tonnage to challenge her.

I got to ride on both during the Norfolk southern steam program sad it was the first to be taken out of service near the end. When they got 611 back in service the owners made it just too expensive the NS was fun and affordable miss those days .

This awesome Zack I sure hope we can get 1218 back one day. Will there be a video like this on 611?

Great video! Really interesting to hear about water levels being the limiting factor in Saluda.

Was lucky enough to get a cab tour of both the 611 and 1218 in Ludlow ky. I hope to be able to more

I absolutely love this type of content

Road behind the 1218 twice and chased it many times when I saw it sitting in the museum silent, I got choked up….😢

Been studying the A's for a good while now, specifically 1218. Seeing some of those photos I've yet to see, or have only seen once, was amazing. Even hearing Mr. Lindsay's experience was amazing. Glad to see others taking interest in 1218 and telling its story. Great work, guys. - SBNW

5:33 Directly under the 611 number board wearing a white hat looks to be Al Phillips who last I knew was at TVRM. As for the 1218, I saw it when it was next to the C&O H-8. Too bad the N&W didn't keep the Virginian versions of the 2-6-6-6. But then they wouldn't have wanted it to show up the Class A.

Thanks Zac; great video. And thanks for showing my slide scan around 4:53, with my grandparents on the far left. We had stopped at the Roanoke museum in August 1978 on the way home from visiting my aunt in southwest VA. My grandparents grew up along the old PRR Atglen and Susquehanna Branch in the 1930s; the biggest steam engine that they saw back then was probably the PRR Class M1 4-8-2...they were both awestruck by the 1218 and 1604, as I recall. For those who missed riding behind the 1218, you can hear what it was like as recorded on my Sears portable cassette recorder on 7-31-87 at this YouTube link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_ykBqHhFs