ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, January 25, 1996             TAG: 9601250039
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

'A WORK OF ART' NOTE: ABOVE

LENGTH: Short :   21 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  KEITH GRAHAM/Staff. The Class A No. 1218 steam 
          locomotive, built at the Norfolk and Western Railway's Roanoke shops
          in June 1943, returned Wednesday. Owned now by Norfolk Southern, the
          1218 was used in its steam excursions before the program was 
          discontinued in late 1994. It is being stored in the East End Shops,
          awaiting a decision by the company on its permanent home. Says J.A. 
          Tampasis, a carman welder at the shops: "It's a work of art." Story 
          on C1. color.