Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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K&L Trainz welcomes the first N&W Locomotive to the roundhouse!

Special guest narrator from A&E, Biography and Discovery Channel: Bill Ratner, tells the story of the 1218's return to service in the mid 1980's.

For more informtion, visit: KLtrainz.com

0:00 Pinnacle of Steam
1:03 1218 restoration
1:47 Roanoke
2:35 The 1218 Story
3:47 Bonsack
4:22 Webster
4:48 Villamont
5:05 Montvale
5:23 Thaxton
5:52 Bedford
6:42 Lowry
7:08 Lynchburg
9:18 The Fate of the Steam Program
10:44 The 1218 comes home
11:23 Credits
12:03 For more information