Photo - unknown location

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The eastbound Cannonball ran a short distance on the track on the left in
the photo to a crossover to the westbound N&W track [the switch stand can
be seen at the small crossing watchman's shanty] and continued east to
where the WB & EB tracks converged to a single track near the west end of
Broadway yard. The westbound Cannonball simply reversed the movement.


Herman Wilkins

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 2:00 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> A further question:  Given that the diamond is apparently east of the
> station, where did The Cannonball and other Richmond bound trains move from
> the N&W to the ACL?
>
>    Ray Smoot
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Aug 14, 2017, at 12:57 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks Herman, Jeff, and Harry.
>
>
>
> I suspected this was Petersburg but wanted to confirm. I take it Broad
> Street Station was reached by the ACL trackage shown going to the left,
> correct? Was there a point in time when the diamond was removed but the ACL
> and N&W still made connection here?
>
>
>
> John Garner
>
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> Moderator:
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> http://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2017/20170811.N&W%
> 20Pix%20Location%20Unknown.jpg
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> *From:* NW Mailing List [mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org]
>> *Sent:* Saturday, August 12, 2017 10:43 AM
>> *To:* nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
>> *Subject:* Re: Photo - unknown location
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>> Appears to be the crossing of ACL's OLD MAIN LINE at
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>> Petersburg.  *The Cannonballs (*with N&W crews) used the
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>> Old Main Line Petersburg to North Dunlop, ACL's double
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>> track route to the James River, and RF&P to Richmond's
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>> Broad Street Station.  Before abandonment, the Old Main
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>> Line climbed a hill, ran down the center of Washington St.
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>> for several blocks and reconnected with the present align-
>> ment just north of the I-85 overhead bridge.  Harry Bundy
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