Save the Dates: Sept. 16, 18 and 23.

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 For over 60 years I have been making pictures of rail activities in
central Virginia with a concentration on N&W's old mainline through
Lynchburg in the earliest few years.  As a child, I rode my Schwinn bike to
many places when I was out of school and got to know the railroad men who
worked on N&W, C&O and Southern railroads. But as I look back, I am so glad
I spent as much time as I did on the old mainline, Island Yard, Lynchburg
Tunnel and so on. Sometimes the Island Yard crew let me operate the RS-3 to
Leptic, once we cleared the actual yard.  Are you wondering where Lepric
was?

On Thursday, September 14, 2017, I will present a Power Point program for
Lynchburg Parks & Recreation Department at their Grove Street theater in
Lynchburg, Va. I am called my program, "The First Life of the James River
Heritage Trails."  That first life was as N&W's mainline! Actually, it was
the Virginia & Tennessee and Southside railroads, with the V&T starting
operation in 1852! In the program I will show archival and contemporary
pictures, some from the 1800's, and describe the many businesses,
industries and rail facilities that once thrived along and shipped on N&W.
On the following two Saturdays, Sept. 18 and 23, I will lead bike
rides/tours of the trail. We will do the east end into Amherst County the
first day and the west end on the second day. Including two branches (one
being the L&D), the trails total nearly ten miles, all paved.  The program
and tours are free.

Attached is a jpg of the flyer and feel free to contact me directly.

Aubrey Wiley
VgnRy43 at aol.com
"Our stories give our lives meaning." Rudyard Kipling, 1928

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