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By:G. R. Harper
Dates:5/7/2016 - 5/7/2016
Album Info:A handful of shots of 611 making the turn at Lynchburg today
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611 crosses Fort Avenue
Title:  611 crosses Fort Avenue
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Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:18:10 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  125   Comments: 1
N&W 611, aka train 956, over Fort Avenue
Title:  N&W 611, aka train 956, over Fort Avenue
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:18:42 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  108   Comments: 1
Excursion train crossing Fort Avenue
Title:  Excursion train crossing Fort Avenue
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Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:19:15 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
Dover Harbor on the west leg of the wye at Kinney
Title:  Dover Harbor on the west leg of the wye at Kinney
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Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:19:37 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Signals old and new at Kinney.  West leg of the wye joins the siding here
Title:  Signals old and new at Kinney. West leg of the wye joins the siding here
Description:  One signal has a Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa appearance. Keeping the CPL unobstructed, I imagine.
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:20:37 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
611 under the new cantilever signal where the west leg, east leg, and "straight" leg converge.
Title:  611 under the new cantilever signal where the west leg, east leg, and "straight" leg converge.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:21:04 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
Valve popping as 611 gets underway for the trip back to Roanoke.  Newspaper article describing the opening of the building seen next slide.
Title:  Valve popping as 611 gets underway for the trip back to Roanoke. Newspaper article describing the opening of the building seen next slide.
Description:  This was N&W's last passenger station. Opened when Union Station in downtown Lynchburg was abandoned late December 1964. Amtrak stopped here March 25, 1975 - Sep. 30, 1979. Their "Mountaineer" and "Hilltopper" trains.
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:21:37 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
Article describing the opening of the Woodall Rd. station.  December 1964
Title:  Article describing the opening of the Woodall Rd. station. December 1964
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:35:06 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
611 accelerates as it heads west to Roanoke
Title:  611 accelerates as it heads west to Roanoke
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:22:36 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  151   Comments: 1
611 passes the signal array at Kinney.
Title:  611 passes the signal array at Kinney.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:23:54 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  105   Comments: 1
So long 611.  See you when you deadhead to Manassas in June
Title:  So long 611. See you when you deadhead to Manassas in June
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2016  Upload Date: 5/7/2016 12:24:30 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  90   Comments: 0


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