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Nice photo near Blue Ridge of the eastbound, double-header 613-611 move Ken is referring to on p. 32 of William Warden's paperback book 'A and J'  c.1987      John Garner

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Roger

That is excellent observation, I did not look close enough to note the second Class J, which I feel certain is 611 on the May XX, 1958 move that was the Pocahontas east out of Roanoke, with the extra Class J to haul a military special back west later that day. 

In that case, I’d totally agree with Bedford, I did not read the listing. 

The purpose of the lamp, again, might be a block occupancy signal. There was one at Salem, for the crews on the Catawba Branch, to know when it was safe to work the main, it only indicated if there was a train entering the block or not. I would guess a local freight working Bedford would not have any signal indications as to trains entering the block.

Best
Ken Miller 

> On Dec 18, 2020, at 6:23 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> The ebay seller shows it as Bedford, VA 1958. The best view I found in 
> the archives collection shows the Bedford freight house with multiple 
> square windows on the end, but the ebay J image might be from the 
> other end? (the J would be eastbound at Bedford?)
> 
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=77177
> 
> Checking the Christiansburg station, I found the following. It does look similar and does appear to have rounded top windows. Assuming this is a valuation image it would have been made before 1920 so the end window might have been taken out by 1958.
> 
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=117387
> 
> 
> It's also interesting in the ebay image that J 613 appears to be leading another J or K locomotive.
> 
> - Roger Link
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 5:59 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> This appears to be Christiansburg.
> 
> Might be a block indicator for the local on the track behind the freight station.
> 
> Curious to hear other opinions.
> 
> Ken Miller
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2020, at 11:23 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> In a photo on Ebay:
>> 
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/NW-Norfolk-Western-613-4-8-4-Original-120-B-
>> W-negative/363222162868?hash=item5491ba5db4:g:MiIAAOSwUAdf2Ugy
>> 
>> I noticed a cabinet in the lower left corner that has a light mounted perpendicular to the tracks.  Would anyone happen to know the purpose of this configuration?
>> Thanks,
>> Jim Cochran
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