Auto Train 4000 on the RF&P Over the South Anna River

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Zachary DeVore	General	Really nice shot. Great location.	1/4/2008 1:43:54 PM

David Stewart	General	Wow!!! Awesome, Good stuff!!! Great shot/location!	1/15/2008 10:12:26 PM

Virgil Fitzpatrick	General	And those same auto racks were just recently retired from service. Hopefully their placetakers will roll onward	1/16/2008 7:17:31 PM

Zach Pumphery	General	That really was a unique outfit. Nice shot of a fairly rare subject.	1/19/2008 1:08:53 AM

Rick Hoar	General	I've ridden with these guys alot, both in the cab and in back. They knew the road and would make little 2-3 pound brake applications in just the right places and mostly avoided any slack action. The worst you got was slammed up against walls on high speed crossovers and that would happen no matter where in the train you were placed.	1/22/2008 4:35:17 AM

Rick Hoar	General	They had a reason for running this way and darned if I can remember why. I think it had something to do with derailments but I don't recall the reasoning behind that.	1/22/2008 4:39:30 AM

James D Mehl	General	History is still alive and you've caught just in time, GREAT shot, GREAT local, thank-you for being there!	1/30/2008 4:29:56 AM

Jim Gavin	General	Another great one Marty.	2/24/2008 4:51:27 PM

Douglas Hildebrandt	General	Nice catch!	11/14/2008 12:59:05 AM

Auto Train 4000 on the RF&P Over the South Anna River
Racks before passenger cars, just the opposite of the Amtrak version. Amtrak's makes more sense relative to slack action.
Date: 6/24/1972	Location: Gum Tree, VA	Views: 1532	Collection Of: Marty Bernard
Locomotives: AT 4000(U36B)			Author: Marty Bernard

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: Railfan44's Eastern U.S. Railroads

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