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CSX local freight L206 has come off Main 1 onto the "switching lead" as it crosses Washington Street en route back to home base of Sandy Hook Yard. |
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5/6/2023 Upload Date: 5/7/2023 10:01:07 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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CSX 6483(GP40-2) |
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Going away shot of CSX local L20606 as it heads east on the "switching lead" to Sandy Hook Yard. |
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The term "switching lead" is meaningless now as there are no more industries on the switching lead to switch. |
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5/6/2023 Upload Date: 5/7/2023 10:03:14 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
| Author: |
G. R. Harper |
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CSX 6483(GP40-2) |
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NS yard job E19 seen earlier in this album with cars FOR CSX now returns with cars FROM CSX. Crossing Washington St. headed back to Montview Yard |
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5/6/2023 Upload Date: 5/7/2023 10:06:16 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
| Author: |
G. R. Harper |
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NS 7536(ES40DC) |
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NS yard job E19 starts back up the hill with four cars received from CSX. CSX signal and bungalows for the switch for the "switching lead" to Main 1 to the right. |
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This is the Southern Ry's "Old Main Line" which pulls a stiff grade leaving the James River Valley. Southern built a cut-off around downtown Lynchburg, opening on March 1, 1911. |
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5/6/2023 Upload Date: 5/7/2023 10:08:11 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
| Author: |
G. R. Harper |
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NS 7536(ES40DC) |
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NS yard job E19 crosses Washington St. and starts the climb up the hill from the James River valley |
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5/6/2023 Upload Date: 5/7/2023 10:12:14 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
| Author: |
G. R. Harper |
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NS 7536(ES40DC) |
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Looking east here is csx signal and flood-proof bungalows (one of them, anyway) at Washington St. |
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5/6/2023 Upload Date: 5/7/2023 10:22:53 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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