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By:G. R. Harper
Dates:3/5/2023 - 3/5/2023
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L20505, just a lite unit right now, waits at Washington St. for the gates to go down.
Title:  L20505, just a lite unit right now, waits at Washington St. for the gates to go down.
Description:  Unit left Sandy Hook Yard en route to pick up a car in Gladstone, but in order to leave town he had to go west on #1 to the end of double track, then head east on #2 track. A train was tied down on #1 track preventing easy egress from town.
Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 12:40:06 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 6445(GP40-2)
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CSX 6445 comes off the "Switching Lead" (although there a no more industries to switch anymore) and heads west on #1 track
Title:  CSX 6445 comes off the "Switching Lead" (although there a no more industries to switch anymore) and heads west on #1 track
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 12:45:06 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 6445(GP40-2)
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Evidence of an early spring is evident as L20505 heads west on track 1 past long-unused ND Cabin.
Title:  Evidence of an early spring is evident as L20505 heads west on track 1 past long-unused ND Cabin.
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 12:47:48 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 6445(GP40-2)
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Having made its reverse move at the west end of double track through downtown Lynchburg, aka, Southern Crossing, the L20505 lite move now heads east past ND Cabin
Title:  Having made its reverse move at the west end of double track through downtown Lynchburg, aka, Southern Crossing, the L20505 lite move now heads east past ND Cabin
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 12:49:59 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 6445(GP40-2)
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Now running long hood forward, lite engine CSX 6445, train L20505, heads east to Gladstone, VA.
Title:  Now running long hood forward, lite engine CSX 6445, train L20505, heads east to Gladstone, VA.
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 12:53:04 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 6445(GP40-2)
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The NS yard job, E23, returns from its interchange duties with CSX with four cars this trip.  Woman and (wo)man's best friend takes a picture on the left.  The Langley Fountain sprays skyward to the right.
Title:  The NS yard job, E23, returns from its interchange duties with CSX with four cars this trip. Woman and (wo)man's best friend takes a picture on the left. The Langley Fountain sprays skyward to the right.
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 12:54:49 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 6987(SD60E)
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NS yard job E23 at MP 172 on the "Old Main Line" heads south en route to Montview Yard with four cars received from CSX.  The McBride Sign Company's flag waves on the Amherst County side of the James River.
Title:  NS yard job E23 at MP 172 on the "Old Main Line" heads south en route to Montview Yard with four cars received from CSX. The McBride Sign Company's flag waves on the Amherst County side of the James River.
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 12:58:07 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 6987(SD60E)
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Yard job E23 approaches Washingto Street and will then pull the grade out of the riverfront.  This was the same grade pulled by "Old 97" when it left Lynchburg on September 27, 1903, only to derail off Stillhouse Trestle in Danville a few hours later
Title:  Yard job E23 approaches Washingto Street and will then pull the grade out of the riverfront. This was the same grade pulled by "Old 97" when it left Lynchburg on September 27, 1903, only to derail off Stillhouse Trestle in Danville a few hours later
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 1:00:05 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 6987(SD60E)
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IARX 120122 brings up the rear of yard job E23 en route to Montview Yard after interchanging cars with CSX a little earlier.
Title:  IARX 120122 brings up the rear of yard job E23 en route to Montview Yard after interchanging cars with CSX a little earlier.
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Photo Date:  3/5/2023  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 1:03:15 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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