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Viewing Album:  611's visit to Lynchburg, VA. April 9, 2016.
 
By:G. R. Harper
Dates:4/9/2016 - 4/9/2016
Album Info:Images of people and trains, featuring N&W 611, in and around Lynchburg's Kemper St. Station during 611's three-hour visit here from Spencer, NC.
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Rails of the Lynchburg Traction & Light Co. peek out from underneath asphalt on Park Ave.
Title:  Rails of the Lynchburg Traction & Light Co. peek out from underneath asphalt on Park Ave.
Description:  Lynchburg's Kemper St. Station (1912) was built to be close to the streetcar line. Streetcar service ended on Nov. 1, 1941.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 9:10:27 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Somewhat railroad related. Unearthed Lynchburg streetcar rail.
Title:  Somewhat railroad related. Unearthed Lynchburg streetcar rail.
Description:  The City of Lynchburg wanted Southern's new "west-end" station (1912) to be located near the streetcar line on Park Ave. Road repairs have unearthed those very streetcar lines. Streetcar service in Lynchburg ended Nov. 1, 1941.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:20:38 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The quiet before the storm. City forces have set up a barricade to keep at bay the locals expected to be present when 611 arrives
Title:  The quiet before the storm. City forces have set up a barricade to keep at bay the locals expected to be present when 611 arrives
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:28:06 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Amtrak Regional train #156 awaits its 9:59 a.m. departure. The City closed off streets leading to the station after departure
Title:  Amtrak Regional train #156 awaits its 9:59 a.m. departure. The City closed off streets leading to the station after departure
Description:  Visitors could ride free city busses to the station.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:32:45 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 190(P42DC)
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Vendors lined up on Kemper St and the Lynchburg Regional about to depart
Title:  Vendors lined up on Kemper St and the Lynchburg Regional about to depart
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:36:20 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 190(P42DC)
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The rear of the Lynchburg Regional glides northward past the 1912 Kemper St. Station
Title:  The rear of the Lynchburg Regional glides northward past the 1912 Kemper St. Station
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:38:25 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Firehose laid out beyond the north end of the platform in anticipation of 611's arrival
Title:  Firehose laid out beyond the north end of the platform in anticipation of 611's arrival
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:40:43 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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NS train 35Q came south and passed the crowd of Lynchburg denizens awaiting 611's arrival
Title:  NS train 35Q came south and passed the crowd of Lynchburg denizens awaiting 611's arrival
Description:  Had it not been so DOGGONE cold and windy I bet the crowd would have been larger!
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:44:36 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 8945(C40-9W)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
NS 35Q and the local crowd awaiting 611.
Title:  NS 35Q and the local crowd awaiting 611.
Description:  The brick edifice on the hill was once the "West End" factory of the Craddock-Terry Co., shoe manufacturer. Lynchburg was a huge shoe manufacturing center many decades ago
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:48:17 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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NS train 12R was allowed to leave Montview Yard just prior to 611's scheduled noon arriva
Title:  NS train 12R was allowed to leave Montview Yard just prior to 611's scheduled noon arriva
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:52:49 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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A broadside of train 12R's power. City of Lynchburg public works facility is in the background
Title:  A broadside of train 12R's power. City of Lynchburg public works facility is in the background
Description:  Train had to slow for a 10mph speed restriction account crosstie replacement on the Blackwater Creek trestle
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:55:21 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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611's exhaust is in view as it passes behind Kemper St. Station. Greater Lynchburg Transit busses took passengers for free this day!
Title:  611's exhaust is in view as it passes behind Kemper St. Station. Greater Lynchburg Transit busses took passengers for free this day!
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 6:59:23 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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611 arrives Lynchburg about an hour behind the advertised. Cold air made for some great exhaust!
Title:  611 arrives Lynchburg about an hour behind the advertised. Cold air made for some great exhaust!
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:02:34 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
Excursion train riders make their way off the train and toward the station
Title:  Excursion train riders make their way off the train and toward the station
Description:  About 800 were on board
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:05:26 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The view from the upper level of the station of the crowd that got off the train.
Title:  The view from the upper level of the station of the crowd that got off the train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:08:10 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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611 taking on water the first time while the train was unloaded. Crowd gathers on the 5th St. bridge to watch
Title:  611 taking on water the first time while the train was unloaded. Crowd gathers on the 5th St. bridge to watch
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:10:39 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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611 clears its cylinders as it starts its back-up move to Montview Yard to be turned on the wye there
Title:  611 clears its cylinders as it starts its back-up move to Montview Yard to be turned on the wye there
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:14:32 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  203   Comments: 1
Steam locomotive "droppings"? What 611 left behind.
Title:  Steam locomotive "droppings"? What 611 left behind.
Description:  5th Street bridge in the background
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:17:26 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  95   Comments: 0
Excursion train is slowly backed into position behind Kemper St. station
Title:  Excursion train is slowly backed into position behind Kemper St. station
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:20:43 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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SOU 6133 helped. Third locomotive of three. Train backing into position prior to return to Spencer, NC
Title:  SOU 6133 helped. Third locomotive of three. Train backing into position prior to return to Spencer, NC
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:22:48 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  SOU 6133(FP7A)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
NS Southern RY heritage unit, 8099, helped.
Title:  NS Southern RY heritage unit, 8099, helped.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:25:22 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
611 eases past a receptive crowd
Title:  611 eases past a receptive crowd
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:31:24 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
The howling northwest wind pushes 611's smoke forward
Title:  The howling northwest wind pushes 611's smoke forward
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:35:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
Man's best friend and N&W's best locomotive pictured together
Title:  Man's best friend and N&W's best locomotive pictured together
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:38:13 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
Hydrant keeping 611 hydrated
Title:  Hydrant keeping 611 hydrated
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:41:01 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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How many gallons in a cubic foot of water? 611's needs kept the meter whirring
Title:  How many gallons in a cubic foot of water? 611's needs kept the meter whirring
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Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:43:08 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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611 continues to take on water as the assembled mass watches
Title:  611 continues to take on water as the assembled mass watches
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:47:09 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
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A view from the Kemper St. bike trail. Hard to find a good shot. Too many dead, kudzu-covered trees
Title:  A view from the Kemper St. bike trail. Hard to find a good shot. Too many dead, kudzu-covered trees
Description:  The bike trail is located where N&W's connection with the Lynchburg & Durham line once was. N&W used it to interchange cars with the C&O until the N&W-SOU merger in 1982.
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:49:27 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
611 and train poised to head south
Title:  611 and train poised to head south
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 7:55:40 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) NS 8099(ES44AC)
Views:  139   Comments: 1
It's water needs met. hatch on auxiliary tender is closed
Title:  It's water needs met. hatch on auxiliary tender is closed
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:00:38 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  341   Comments: 1
NS train 214 passes 611 prior to its departure
Title:  NS train 214 passes 611 prior to its departure
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:06:07 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  110   Comments: 1
NS 8002 leads train 214 past the 611 excursion train
Title:  NS 8002 leads train 214 past the 611 excursion train
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:09:02 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 8002(ES44AC)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
611 and the backside of Kemper Street Station
Title:  611 and the backside of Kemper Street Station
Description:  I was a bit irritated that the powers that be would not let people stand on the upper level of the station
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:17:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  167   Comments: 1
excursion train stretches under 5th St. bridge. 22 cars I was told.
Title:  excursion train stretches under 5th St. bridge. 22 cars I was told.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:20:21 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  90   Comments: 1
611 gets underway. Left town about 1' 20" behind schedule.
Title:  611 gets underway. Left town about 1' 20" behind schedule.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:24:28 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  130   Comments: 1
The excursion's trio behind Kemper St. Station on the way back to Spencer
Title:  The excursion's trio behind Kemper St. Station on the way back to Spencer
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:27:04 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  86   Comments: 1
Through the Park Avenue tunnel
Title:  Through the Park Avenue tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 8:29:09 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Well wishers wave goodbye to the 611 Spencer-Lynchburg excursion. Train passing through the Park Ave. tunnel and under 12th St. in the distance.
Title:  Well wishers wave goodbye to the 611 Spencer-Lynchburg excursion. Train passing through the Park Ave. tunnel and under 12th St. in the distance.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/9/2016  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 9:06:26 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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