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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:6/11/1982 - 6/11/1982
Album Info:Here are a few more photos to add to the Wabash #1009 collection in the RRPA database taken by an unknown photographer. The album was re-posted after the RRPA crash.
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WAB E8A #1009
Title:  WAB E8A #1009
Description:  On display in an outdoor setting at the Virginia Transportation Museum was Wabash E8A #1009.1009 pulled such notable trains as the Wabash Cannonball, City of St. Louis, City of Kansas City, as well as other Wabash passenger trains. The loco was retired from service in June 1967 and was then donated to the Museum. An unidentified rail fan took the photo as it sat.
Photo Date:  6/11/1982  Upload Date: 1/19/2025 5:15:17 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 1009(E8A)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
WAB E8A #1009
Title:  WAB E8A #1009
Description:  Great "face" of an EMD E8A loco that served the Wabash for only 16 years before being retired and donated to the Virginia Transportation Museum. In late 2012, this locomotive was Paid Advertisement Click on the ad for more information. Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor. sent to the Norfolk Southern Shops in Roanoke for a cosmetic overhaul and then to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for painting. It returned to the museum in early 2014. An unidentified rail fan took this photo as it sat out in the open on display at the Virginia Transportation Museum.
Photo Date:  6/11/1982  Upload Date: 1/19/2025 5:15:18 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 1009(E8A)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
WAB E8A #1009
Title:  WAB E8A #1009
Description:  Great "slice of pie" roster shot of the Wabash E8A #1009 in an outside display at the Virginia Transportation Museum. An unidentified rail fan took the photo. It has since been cosmetically restored by NS and returned to the Museum in 2014 for a new covered display.
Photo Date:  6/11/1982  Upload Date: 1/19/2025 5:15:20 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 1009(E8A)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
WAB E8A #1009
Title:  WAB E8A #1009
Description:  Nice side roster shot of Wabash E8A #1009 as it sat on display at the Virginia Transportation Museum. An unidentified rail fan took the photo.
Photo Date:  6/11/1982  Upload Date: 1/19/2025 5:15:21 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAB 1009(E8A)
Views:  24   Comments: 0


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