How could B.B. move 614 without CSX knowing what it was? NS hauled 614 down from Reading, PA no problem it was stored at Port Clinton, PA at the RBMN. It was displayed at the VMT before going to its current display site. Ross admitted about CSX’s steam ban, that’s why nothing is being done with it and why the Greenbrier Express motive power was switched from 614 to diesels because CSX wouldn’t have allowed 614 to power the train period. The GBX was cancelled and coaches auctioned. And if NS is following suit in order to keep its railroad free of liability and to save money to please Wall Street and its shareholders then l’m afraid Virginia will be steam free this year and perhaps beyond. Mainline excursions with motive power other than Amtrak diesels in the eastern US could be a thing of the past now. Even the upcoming E8 excursion to Altoona could be the last excursion for the E8’s due to PTC mandate. I guess if a loco isn’t PTC equipped, it won’t be able to lead a train on a railroad with PTC installed. All these Amtrak crashes aren’t helping the situation. I think NS simply threw in the towel with excursions.
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