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A week later that last section of bridge deck was placed. Track panel taken off old span.
Title:  A week later that last section of bridge deck was placed. Track panel taken off old span.
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:17:39 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Beginning to lift the old section out. This is the tenth of ten sections that were replaced
Title:  Beginning to lift the old section out. This is the tenth of ten sections that were replaced
Description:  Bridge in the foreground was the Lynchburg & Danville (originally) connection to the N&W. Abandoned since June 1982.
Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:22:10 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Track panel lifted off old span is set out of the way onto Campbell Ave.
Title:  Track panel lifted off old span is set out of the way onto Campbell Ave.
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:25:49 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  69   Comments: 0
Old span is lifted up and out of the way
Title:  Old span is lifted up and out of the way
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:29:02 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  69   Comments: 0
Old deck span is lowered to the street
Title:  Old deck span is lowered to the street
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:31:13 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
With the track panel out of the way the gang of men wait for the crane to be positioned to get old span out
Title:  With the track panel out of the way the gang of men wait for the crane to be positioned to get old span out
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:33:55 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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With the old span removed and the crane in the clear permission was given for the PM01 yard job to come through. Train is making reverse move for about ten miles to deliver plastic pellets to First Brands in Amherst County.
Title:  With the old span removed and the crane in the clear permission was given for the PM01 yard job to come through. Train is making reverse move for about ten miles to deliver plastic pellets to First Brands in Amherst County.
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:42:18 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Units on the PM01 yard job shoving the train north through the work zone
Title:  Units on the PM01 yard job shoving the train north through the work zone
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:46:53 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 3346(SD40-2) NS 3363(SD40-2)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
It was about noon when the old deck was removed and out of the way. Dimwit me thought everyone would knock off for lunch. I left and when I returned at 12:40p I was shagrined to see the new span was already in place! Oh well.
Title:  It was about noon when the old deck was removed and out of the way. Dimwit me thought everyone would knock off for lunch. I left and when I returned at 12:40p I was shagrined to see the new span was already in place! Oh well.
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:50:00 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  102   Comments: 0
Panel of track is lowered onto the new, and last, span.
Title:  Panel of track is lowered onto the new, and last, span.
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:53:35 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
Everything is in place now. The Appalachian power truck to the left is on the scene to remove orange guards from their overhead wires and Campbell Ave. will soon be reopened to traffic
Title:  Everything is in place now. The Appalachian power truck to the left is on the scene to remove orange guards from their overhead wires and Campbell Ave. will soon be reopened to traffic
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Photo Date:  10/9/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 12:57:03 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  106   Comments: 0

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