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Viewing Album:  Amtrak excursion train to Appomattox, VA
 
By:G. R. Harper
Dates:11/3/2012 - 11/3/2012
Album Info:Watauga Valley, NRHS, Amtrak trip from Spencer, NC, to Appomattox, VA. Images of the train at Lynchburg and Appomattox
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Amtrak excursion from Spencer, NC, arrives Montview Yard
Title:  Amtrak excursion from Spencer, NC, arrives Montview Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:30:04 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Conductor on Amtrak excursion seems to be enjoying this trip
Title:  Conductor on Amtrak excursion seems to be enjoying this trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:34:45 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  124   Comments: 1
Dome cars on Amtrak excursion seen from Candler's Mt. Rd.
Title:  Dome cars on Amtrak excursion seen from Candler's Mt. Rd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:36:26 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  145   Comments: 0
People enjoying the view from the full-length dome.
Title:  People enjoying the view from the full-length dome.
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Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:25:42 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Domes on Amtrak excursion
Title:  Domes on Amtrak excursion
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Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:39:48 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  118   Comments: 0
Amtrak P42's sail across Cotton Mill trestle enroute to Appomattox
Title:  Amtrak P42's sail across Cotton Mill trestle enroute to Appomattox
Description:  When was the last time Amtrak motive power crossed this trestle?? Sep. 30, 1979 perhaps when the "Hilltopper" was discontinued?
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:41:17 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC) AMTK 53(P42DC) AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  325   Comments: 3
Full length domes cross Cotton Mill trestle
Title:  Full length domes cross Cotton Mill trestle
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Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:43:25 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
More domes on Cotton Mill trestle
Title:  More domes on Cotton Mill trestle
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:44:33 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  81   Comments: 0
rear of excursion train on Cotton Mill trestle
Title:  rear of excursion train on Cotton Mill trestle
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:45:43 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
Amtrak excursion arrives Appomattox
Title:  Amtrak excursion arrives Appomattox
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:48:06 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
Amtrak excursion and the Appomattox station
Title:  Amtrak excursion and the Appomattox station
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:49:54 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Excursion train stretched out through Appomattox.
Title:  Excursion train stretched out through Appomattox.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:51:33 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
NS train 234 eases past the Amtrak special
Title:  NS train 234 eases past the Amtrak special
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 7:54:45 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 2579(SD70)
Views:  233   Comments: 2
NS train 236 also passes the Amtrak excursion
Title:  NS train 236 also passes the Amtrak excursion
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:02:28 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9185(C40-9W)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Amtrak units cut away from train ease through CP Appomattox
Title:  Amtrak units cut away from train ease through CP Appomattox
Description:  Engines will run around train and couple to opposite end of train for the trip back to Spencer.
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:04:08 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  233   Comments: 1
Lite Amtrak units wait to make the move west.
Title:  Lite Amtrak units wait to make the move west.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:06:32 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
NP dome occupying grade crossing in Appomattox
Title:  NP dome occupying grade crossing in Appomattox
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:08:08 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  139   Comments: 1
Lite Amtrak units pass the train set in Appomattox.
Title:  Lite Amtrak units pass the train set in Appomattox.
Description:  blasted DAISY PICKER RUINED MY SHOT!!
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:09:47 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Lite Amtrak units head west through Appomattox.
Title:  Lite Amtrak units head west through Appomattox.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:11:25 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Lite Amtrak units continue their trek west to run around excursion train
Title:  Lite Amtrak units continue their trek west to run around excursion train
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:13:37 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Lite Amtrak units head east now at CP Lee
Title:  Lite Amtrak units head east now at CP Lee
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:19:29 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Lite Amtrak units eastbound at CP LEE heading back to excursion train set
Title:  Lite Amtrak units eastbound at CP LEE heading back to excursion train set
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:21:34 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Lite Amtrak power on the NS (N&W) main between CP Lee and the town of Appomattox
Title:  Lite Amtrak power on the NS (N&W) main between CP Lee and the town of Appomattox
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:23:13 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Hi-rail truck heads west as lite Amtrak units head east to couple up to train
Title:  Hi-rail truck heads west as lite Amtrak units head east to couple up to train
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:26:25 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  206   Comments: 0
Lite Amtrak units return to Appomattox
Title:  Lite Amtrak units return to Appomattox
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:28:02 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Lite Amtrak units approach train set
Title:  Lite Amtrak units approach train set
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:29:43 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 85(P42DC)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Preparing to make the coupling
Title:  Preparing to make the coupling
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:31:53 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Coupling made!
Title:  Coupling made!
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:33:18 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
Ground level view of excursion train stretched through Appomattox.
Title:  Ground level view of excursion train stretched through Appomattox.
Description:  I have an album on this site of N&W Fairbanks-Morse trainmasters on a passenger excursion here in Appomattox one day shy of THIRTY-NINE years ago!!! http://throbbingunits.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=29522
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:34:41 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  145   Comments: 1
Crowds from the excursion train milling about in downtown Appomattox.
Title:  Crowds from the excursion train milling about in downtown Appomattox.
Description:  Many took advantage of bus rides to the "Surrender Grounds", scene of Lee's surrender to Grant 09APR1865
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:36:36 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
Back in Lynchburg now. The train returns from Appomattox...
Title:  Back in Lynchburg now. The train returns from Appomattox...
Description:  and will soon head south for the trip to Spencer.
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:39:19 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  167   Comments: 1
Excursion train, symbolled NS 010, crosses Cotton Mill trestle
Title:  Excursion train, symbolled NS 010, crosses Cotton Mill trestle
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:41:10 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  196   Comments: 4
Private varnish on Cotton Mill trestle westbund
Title:  Private varnish on Cotton Mill trestle westbund
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:43:06 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
Amtrak "varnish" on Cotton Mill trestle
Title:  Amtrak "varnish" on Cotton Mill trestle
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:44:33 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
NS train 204 roars north approaching Montview Yard before the excursion train can leave
Title:  NS train 204 roars north approaching Montview Yard before the excursion train can leave
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:45:59 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9510(C40-9W)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
Amtrak excursion train, NS 010, heads south splitting the signals at "Falwell", just south of Montview Yd.
Title:  Amtrak excursion train, NS 010, heads south splitting the signals at "Falwell", just south of Montview Yd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:48:08 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Amtrak excursion accelerates south from Montview Yard in Lynchburg.
Title:  Amtrak excursion accelerates south from Montview Yard in Lynchburg.
Description:  Taken from the grade crossing that enters Liberty University from Wards Rd.
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:50:00 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  AMTK 119(P42DC)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Southern herald on ex Southern rail! Private cars pass the northbound signals at Falwell
Title:  Southern herald on ex Southern rail! Private cars pass the northbound signals at Falwell
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:52:22 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Excursion train southbound meets NS train 217 northbound just south of Montview Yd.
Title:  Excursion train southbound meets NS train 217 northbound just south of Montview Yd.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:54:08 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Amtrak rolling stock passing the signals at Falwell.
Title:  Amtrak rolling stock passing the signals at Falwell.
Description:  Thus ends the chase of a very unusual move.
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 8:55:41 PM
Location:  Appomattox, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  99   Comments: 0

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