Virginian Electric Photo 8

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Ed's sharp eyes are right on in this picture, I blew it up electronically  
and no doubt about it.  Obviously, VGN solved the ground brush matter; if  
anyone knows the details of that I'd be interested, off line is fine 'cause  that's 
a pretty focused matter.
 
Thanks,
 
Dave Phelps
 
 
In a message dated 4/20/2008 9:20:46 A.M. AUS Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Jim  Gillum had a nice color shot at the Roanoke Conv. of one with full FM  
trucks.
Charlie Long

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>I don't know anything about the  133 that I don't know about the 132 except 

that BOTH trucks are FM's . .  .

>

>EdKing

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>  I give up. Apparently  your eyes have better resolution than mine or else 

you already know something  about  the 133.

>

>  Gordon

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>    Gordon - have you noticed the  trucks under the second "Brick"?

>

>    Ed  King

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>      Sent: Friday,  April 18, 2008 11:04 AM

>      Subject: Virginian  Electric Photo 8

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>      As stated before,  the Electric Railroaders' Association of New York 

has produced a series of  CD's with copyrighted images from the ERA's Sprague 
Library depicting electric  streetcars, interurbans, and locomotives.  The 
attached photo is the  eighth one on the VGN that I have posted from the Deep 
South Traction, Part 1  CD.

>

>      The attached photo shows two EL-C's  westbound on the Glen Lyn, VA, 

bridge over New River with an impressive string  of "box freight," to use a term 
I have heard the Virginian employees  use.  If you look closely at the 
right-hand side of the photo you can see  the turnout for a spur leading into the 
Appalachian Power Co. generating  station at Glen Lyn.  Of course, the bridge 
and the track in this picture  are gone (the station is now served from the 
former N&W on the lower  level), but those of us who toured this generating 
station as part of the NWHS  2007 convention viewed the roadbed where this Virginian 
spur had been,  including an electrification pole or two that were still 
standing.  We  also viewed the roadbed of an earlier spur off the Virginian that 
came in from  a turnout farther west than the one in this photo.

>

>   There is one historical question that needs to be documented  about this 

photo.  I have heard that the "golden spike" driven at the  completion of the 
Virginian occurred at the west end of this bridge.  Is  that true, and if so 
could this photo possibly show that exact  spot?

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>      Gordon  Hamilton

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