Virginian Elect. Photo 6

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Gordon,

I concur with the location of the train but not the location of the
photographer.  Today's bridge is in the middle of significant length
of straight track.  I believe the photographer was actually perched
on the side of the cut south (timetable east) of the overpass.


> My guess is that the train was westbound and that the photographer was

> standing on the secondary road bridge just west of Oney Gap Tunnel about

> a mile east of Princeton yard. Any confirmation or correction?  

> http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20080330/fd7e05a9/attachment-0001.jpg


Here is a pair of 2005 photos taken from the bridge.

http://www.krunk.org/ns-nrv/ambrose/cnw8646-11-medium.jpg
http://www.krunk.org/ns-nrv/ambrose/cnw8646-13-medium.jpg


Joe Shaw
Blacksburg, VA
http://www.krunk.org/