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Viewing Album:  Lynchburg makes ready for the Lynchburg-to-Boston, NEC Regional service.
 
By:G. R. Harper
Dates:8/3/2009 - 10/30/2017
Album Info:A major overhaul of storage tracks and platform at the former Southern Ry's Kemper Street Station occurred in preparation for the October 1, 2009, start-up of an extension of NEC Regional train service to Lynchburg. Work began Aug. 3, 2009.
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At the south end of the Kemper Street station platform looking north
Title:  At the south end of the Kemper Street station platform looking north
Description:  Making great progress on the framing of the new platform at Kemper Street Station
Photo Date:  8/15/2009  Upload Date: 8/15/2009 6:33:06 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Materials and machines to improve the Kemper Street station platform
Title:  Materials and machines to improve the Kemper Street station platform
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Photo Date:  8/15/2009  Upload Date: 8/15/2009 6:37:38 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  97   Comments: 1
Amtrak #20 gets ready to leave KEmper Street station and associated construction
Title:  Amtrak #20 gets ready to leave KEmper Street station and associated construction
Description:  That's NS train 227 waiting its turn to cross the James River. But first #20, then NS#213 coming south
Photo Date:  8/17/2009  Upload Date: 8/17/2009 9:54:43 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Three very tall light poles have been erected at the norith end of the Kemper St worksite
Title:  Three very tall light poles have been erected at the norith end of the Kemper St worksite
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Photo Date:  8/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:07:56 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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NS 211 roars southbound past the Kemper Street station worksite
Title:  NS 211 roars southbound past the Kemper Street station worksite
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Photo Date:  8/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:10:16 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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NS 204 as viewed from the bike trail heads north past the Kemper Street station platform renewal project
Title:  NS 204 as viewed from the bike trail heads north past the Kemper Street station platform renewal project
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:12:18 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
Workmen make final preparations in anticiapation of the first concrete pour tomorrow at Kemper Street Station
Title:  Workmen make final preparations in anticiapation of the first concrete pour tomorrow at Kemper Street Station
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Photo Date:  8/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:14:56 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The rear of Amtrak train #19 in the construction zone at Kemper Street Station
Title:  The rear of Amtrak train #19 in the construction zone at Kemper Street Station
Description:  The Amtrak trains have to make multiple stops at Lynchburg depending upon work to be done, i.e., coach only or coach and sleeper work.
Photo Date:  8/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/19/2009 9:43:26 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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New light poles being installed at the Kemper Street worksite.
Title:  New light poles being installed at the Kemper Street worksite.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:31:50 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The view from 5th St looking south. More light poles going in. Many kids on the bike trail
Title:  The view from 5th St looking south. More light poles going in. Many kids on the bike trail
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:39:13 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  187   Comments: 0
The first section of the new platform at Kemper Street Station has been poured!
Title:  The first section of the new platform at Kemper Street Station has been poured!
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:44:04 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  145   Comments: 0
Looking down on the freshly-poured concrete at Kemper Street station
Title:  Looking down on the freshly-poured concrete at Kemper Street station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:45:43 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
North edge of first concrete pour at Kemper Street Station
Title:  North edge of first concrete pour at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2009  Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:47:39 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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64 - New platform is curing and drainage ditch under the train storage track is being dug
Title:  64 - New platform is curing and drainage ditch under the train storage track is being dug
Description:  The NEC train will overnight on a track to be put down on top of the tarp to the left of the platform
Photo Date:  8/22/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 8:11:06 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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65 - Upgrade work proceeds as Amtrak #20 departs Kemper Street station 2 hours late. at Lynchburg, VA
Title:  65 - Upgrade work proceeds as Amtrak #20 departs Kemper Street station 2 hours late. at Lynchburg, VA
Description:  A friendly wave from the conductor as Amtrak #20 accelerates past new platform concrete and worker prepping for the next pour
Photo Date:  8/3/2009  Upload Date: 8/24/2009 8:14:41 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  157   Comments: 1
66 - Unloading a gondola with an electro-magnet at the Kemper Street worksite
Title:  66 - Unloading a gondola with an electro-magnet at the Kemper Street worksite
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:45:14 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
67 - NS rail train with UP power passes by NS train P97 at the Kemper Street worksite
Title:  67 - NS rail train with UP power passes by NS train P97 at the Kemper Street worksite
Description:  Rail train will be setting off four ribbons of CWR shortly to be used in track construction at Kemper Street in advance of the start of Amtrak NEC Regional service here
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:48:18 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  UP 4045(SD70M)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
68 - NS rail train 912 sets off a gondola at the Kemper Street worksite before setting welded rail on the ground.
Title:  68 - NS rail train 912 sets off a gondola at the Kemper Street worksite before setting welded rail on the ground.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:52:17 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  154   Comments: 0
69 - excavator holds on to two ribbons of 136 lb. CWR
Title:  69 - excavator holds on to two ribbons of 136 lb. CWR
Description:  NS rail train will pull forward to feed rail off of the train and onto the ground
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:54:55 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  171   Comments: 0
70 - NS rail train 912 pulls north depositing the first pair of 136 lb. ribbons of CWR as it goes.
Title:  70 - NS rail train 912 pulls north depositing the first pair of 136 lb. ribbons of CWR as it goes.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:58:20 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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71 - NS rail train 912 pulls forward depositing another pair of lengths of 136 lb. CWR
Title:  71 - NS rail train 912 pulls forward depositing another pair of lengths of 136 lb. CWR
Description:  Rail will be used to construct storage tracks for the Amtrak NEC train coming to LYH October 1 and for NS storage, too
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 1:02:44 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
72 - NS rail train has shoved back after deposting CWR at the Kemper St Station worksite
Title:  72 - NS rail train has shoved back after deposting CWR at the Kemper St Station worksite
Description:  Enigine and lead car will pull forward, then make a reverse move to retrieve the gondola set out earlier.
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 1:16:11 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  UP 4045(SD70M)
Views:  297   Comments: 1
73 - Rail train has set off its four ribbons of 136 lb. CWR at the Kemper Street Station worksite and is retrieving a gondola
Title:  73 - Rail train has set off its four ribbons of 136 lb. CWR at the Kemper Street Station worksite and is retrieving a gondola
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 1:11:54 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  UP 4045(SD70M)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
74 - Fresh concrete... it's a beautiful thaing. More Kemper Street platform comes to life.
Title:  74 - Fresh concrete... it's a beautiful thaing. More Kemper Street platform comes to life.
Description:  I missed catching the trucks making the pour, but did catch a train in the next frame
Photo Date:  8/25/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:43:08 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
75 - NS train P98 drifts past fresly poured train platform concrete at Kemper Street station
Title:  75 - NS train P98 drifts past fresly poured train platform concrete at Kemper Street station
Description:  I missed the concrete trucks in action, but caught a train.
Photo Date:  8/25/2009  Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:45:56 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9005(C40-9W)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
76 - Concrete truck action on the platform at Kemper Street Station
Title:  76 - Concrete truck action on the platform at Kemper Street Station
Description:  yesterday I missed the truck, but caught a train. Today i missed the train (P97) be three minutes, but caught the truck.
Photo Date:  8/26/2009  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 9:17:44 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
77 - Tele from Fifth Street of concrete truck action at Kemper Street Station
Title:  77 - Tele from Fifth Street of concrete truck action at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/26/2009  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 9:18:24 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
78 - Lynchburg (Montview) yard job prepares to take two gons out of the KEmper Street storage track
Title:  78 - Lynchburg (Montview) yard job prepares to take two gons out of the KEmper Street storage track
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/26/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 12:21:39 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 3538(B32-8)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
79 - NS 3538 on the Montview Yard job souples up to two gons in the storage track at Kemper Street station storage track
Title:  79 - NS 3538 on the Montview Yard job souples up to two gons in the storage track at Kemper Street station storage track
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/26/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 12:22:40 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 3538(B32-8)
Views:  215   Comments: 3
80 - NS 3538 on the NS Montview Yard job backs onto its caboose on #1 main just north of KEmper Street station
Title:  80 - NS 3538 on the NS Montview Yard job backs onto its caboose on #1 main just north of KEmper Street station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/26/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 12:23:56 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 3538(B32-8)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
81 - NS train 12R speeds past the Kemper Street Station worksite
Title:  81 - NS train 12R speeds past the Kemper Street Station worksite
Description:  The remaining portion of the old storage track has been removed and grading for its rebuild has begun.
Photo Date:  8/27/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 10:23:27 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9441(C40-9W)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
82 - Amtrak #20, The Crescent, running an hour late, passes by the Kemper Street station worksite.
Title:  82 - Amtrak #20, The Crescent, running an hour late, passes by the Kemper Street station worksite.
Description:  A bit gloomy I'll admit, but one takes what one gets. #20's on-time performance is so good, it's hard to get a daytime shot at "LYH".
Photo Date:  8/28/2009  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 8:29:39 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 197(P42DC)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
83 - NS train 12R passes by new platform at Kemper Street station
Title:  83 - NS train 12R passes by new platform at Kemper Street station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/29/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:03:54 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9286(C40-9W)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
84 - Here's an unusual sight: a CSX truck at a former Southern Ry. facility
Title:  84 - Here's an unusual sight: a CSX truck at a former Southern Ry. facility
Description:  CSX guys are installing a CSX terminal and printers for train orders for Amtrak crews
Photo Date:  8/31/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:05:33 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
85 - A look at the worksite four weeks after work at Kemper Street began
Title:  85 - A look at the worksite four weeks after work at Kemper Street began
Description:  An amazing transformation in a four-week span of time
Photo Date:  8/31/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:06:51 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
86 - UP 5470 leads NS train 214 past the Kemper Street worksite
Title:  86 - UP 5470 leads NS train 214 past the Kemper Street worksite
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:08:10 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  UP 5470(AC45CCTE)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
87 - Surveyors mark where new storage track will go as 214's containers roll by
Title:  87 - Surveyors mark where new storage track will go as 214's containers roll by
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:14:17 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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88 - NS train M1R heads south past the Kemper Street station worksite
Title:  88 - NS train M1R heads south past the Kemper Street station worksite
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/2009  Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:15:32 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9274(C40-9W)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
89 - NS 204 passes sewer line work at Kemper Street Station
Title:  89 - NS 204 passes sewer line work at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2009  Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:27:19 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9243(C40-9W)
Views:  138   Comments: 1
90 - NEVER try to yank out a stalk of Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) without wearing gloves!!!
Title:  90 - NEVER try to yank out a stalk of Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) without wearing gloves!!!
Description:  Needed to clear the view. Tugged on the stalk. It did not budge, but fingers kept on moving. BUT I GOT THE SHOT! pic #91
Photo Date:  9/1/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2009 7:25:29 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  223   Comments: 0
91 - the "PM01 job" passes the Kemper St. worksite as it returns from working industries in Amherst Co.
Title:  91 - the "PM01 job" passes the Kemper St. worksite as it returns from working industries in Amherst Co.
Description:  I received some heavy-duty battle wounds getting this shot. See picture #90!!!
Photo Date:  9/1/2009  Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:28:41 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 3273(SD40-2)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
92 - steel switch ties have arrived at the Kemper Street station worksite
Title:  92 - steel switch ties have arrived at the Kemper Street station worksite
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2009  Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:29:50 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
93 - Conrail blue units sandwich an NS unit on train 212 at the Kemper Street station worksite at Lynchburg, VA
Title:  93 - Conrail blue units sandwich an NS unit on train 212 at the Kemper Street station worksite at Lynchburg, VA
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2009  Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:32:11 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  108   Comments: 1
94 - A month after work began track laying commences at the Kemper Street Station worksite!
Title:  94 - A month after work began track laying commences at the Kemper Street Station worksite!
Description:  Switch is being assembled. Amtrak storage to the right and along the new platform in the distance. NS storage to the left toward the embankment.
Photo Date:  9/2/2009  Upload Date: 9/3/2009 12:25:11 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
95 - close up of switch taking shape at the Kemper Street Station worksite
Title:  95 - close up of switch taking shape at the Kemper Street Station worksite
Description:  Only a month after work began. track laying is happening!!!!
Photo Date:  9/2/2009  Upload Date: 9/3/2009 12:30:33 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  193   Comments: 0
96 - Exactly one month after work began new steel is going down!
Title:  96 - Exactly one month after work began new steel is going down!
Description:  Switch to access new NS storage tracks is being assembled. Split-switch DErail takes shape a little further back.
Photo Date:  9/3/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2009 12:50:24 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  162   Comments: 0
97 - NS train 12R passes by new railroad construction taking place at the Kemper Street station worksite
Title:  97 - NS train 12R passes by new railroad construction taking place at the Kemper Street station worksite
Description:  It's been exactly one month since work began! What changes have been wrought!
Photo Date:  9/3/2009  Upload Date: 9/4/2009 12:59:08 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9932(C40-9W)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
98 - NS train 214 passes by new RR construction at the Kemper St Station worksite at Lynchburg, VA
Title:  98 - NS train 214 passes by new RR construction at the Kemper St Station worksite at Lynchburg, VA
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2009 6:47:34 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9179(C40-9W)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
99 - High & wide special, NS 098, passes by the new platform at Kemper Street laste in the day at Lynchburg, VA
Title:  99 - High & wide special, NS 098, passes by the new platform at Kemper Street laste in the day at Lynchburg, VA
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2008  Upload Date: 9/6/2009 6:40:57 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CP 8881(ES44AC)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
100 - A look at the worksite Sep. 8, 2009
Title:  100 - A look at the worksite Sep. 8, 2009
Description:  Rail for the new Amtrak storage track to the left of the platform has been dragged into place
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 7:39:46 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  130   Comments: 0

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