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Viewing Album:  Amtrak Hilltopper detour over N&W's Dry Fork Branch
 
By:G. R. Harper
Dates:6/15/1979 - 6/15/1979
Album Info:Don't recall the actual date, June 1979 or thereabouts, or the reason for the detour, but here are pics from the head end of Amtrak 66 over RARE MILEAGE.
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Crew change at Iaeger after coming off the Poky main line before heading the Cedar Bluff, VA
Title:  Crew change at Iaeger after coming off the Poky main line before heading the Cedar Bluff, VA
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:09:19 PM
Location:  Iaeger, WV
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 278(F40PH)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Crew hauler meets Amtrak 66, Hilltopper, at Iaeger
Title:  Crew hauler meets Amtrak 66, Hilltopper, at Iaeger
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:11:27 PM
Location:  Iaeger, WV
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 278(F40PH)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Dead pigeon on a grab iron of AMTK 278 leading train 66 over the Dry Fork Branch
Title:  Dead pigeon on a grab iron of AMTK 278 leading train 66 over the Dry Fork Branch
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:13:03 PM
Location:  Iaeger, WV
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
Coal tipple not too far from Iaeger
Title:  Coal tipple not too far from Iaeger
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:14:26 PM
Location:  Iaeger, WV
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  96   Comments: 0
Amtrak train 66 meets NW 924 on the Dry Fork Branch
Title:  Amtrak train 66 meets NW 924 on the Dry Fork Branch
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:16:00 PM
Location:  Iaeger, WV
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NW 924(GP18)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Along the Dry Fork Branch
Title:  Along the Dry Fork Branch
Description:  Regrettably, I do not know the name of this community, War, WV, perhaps.
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:19:57 PM
Location:  Iaeger, WV
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
End of siding and Signals
Title:  End of siding and Signals
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:27:23 PM
Location:  Iaeger, WV
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
Approaching the Trace Fork trestle
Title:  Approaching the Trace Fork trestle
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:37:29 PM
Location:  Amonate, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  87   Comments: 0
On the Trace Fork trestle
Title:  On the Trace Fork trestle
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:42:12 PM
Location:  Amonate, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Peeking out of the train on the Trace Fork trestle
Title:  Peeking out of the train on the Trace Fork trestle
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:44:34 PM
Location:  Amonate, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
Airborne on the Trace Fork trestle
Title:  Airborne on the Trace Fork trestle
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:45:55 PM
Location:  Amonate, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Looking back from AMTK 278 at the Trace Fork trestle
Title:  Looking back from AMTK 278 at the Trace Fork trestle
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:47:01 PM
Location:  Amonate, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  68   Comments: 0
Tunnel on the Dry Fork branch
Title:  Tunnel on the Dry Fork branch
Description:  Would appreciate an ID of the location
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:48:38 PM
Location:  Cedar Bluff, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  91   Comments: 0
Approaching the wye at Cedar Bluff, VA
Title:  Approaching the wye at Cedar Bluff, VA
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:50:09 PM
Location:  Cedar Bluff, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  83   Comments: 0
Tunnel portal work north (east) of Cedar Bluff, VA
Title:  Tunnel portal work north (east) of Cedar Bluff, VA
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:51:27 PM
Location:  Cedar Bluff, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  78   Comments: 0
Tunnel and tangent track en route from Cedar Bluff to Bluefield, WV
Title:  Tunnel and tangent track en route from Cedar Bluff to Bluefield, WV
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Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:52:48 PM
Location:  Cedar Bluff, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  95   Comments: 0
Tazewell, VA, station as seen from detouring Hilltopper, train 66
Title:  Tazewell, VA, station as seen from detouring Hilltopper, train 66
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 4:01:03 PM
Location:  Tazewell, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
Cresting a grade north (east) of Tazewell, VA, en route to Bluefield, WV.
Title:  Cresting a grade north (east) of Tazewell, VA, en route to Bluefield, WV.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 8/23/2022 3:56:03 PM
Location:  Tazewell, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  67   Comments: 0

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