electrified location

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There's no catenary in the picture; it's post electrification.

Dave Phelps 

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> On Jan 17, 2017, at 3:42 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> FWIW, the car in the foreground is a 1954 Mercury.
> 
> Dave Stephenson
> 
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: electrified location 
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> 
> Jim Cochran asked:
> > Can anyone help identify the location of this photo currently on Ebay:
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-NEGATIVE-Neg-A740-1950s-N-W-Norfolk-Western-Articulated-Steam-Coal-/272519614252?hash=item3f736f4f2c:g:HScAAOSwnHZYd6rk
> 
> I'm not 100% convinced this is even in (former) electrified territory.
> If it is, it is after the wires came down - note there are no insulators
> hanging from the signal bridge. All the wires in the picture appear to be
> connected to the line pole in front of the electrical cabinet.
> 
> My first instinct was that it was at present-day Vivian Bottom Road.
> But I don't know it there were signals there back in steam days, or
> how the photographer could have gotten that high angle there. Also,
> I'm not sure The road behind the train is steep enough for there.
> 
> Joe Shaw
> Christiansburg, VA
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