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At the south end of the Kemper Street station platform looking north |
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Making great progress on the framing of the new platform at Kemper Street Station |
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8/15/2009 Upload Date: 8/15/2009 6:33:06 PM |
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Materials and machines to improve the Kemper Street station platform |
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8/15/2009 Upload Date: 8/15/2009 6:37:38 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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Amtrak #20 gets ready to leave KEmper Street station and associated construction |
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That's NS train 227 waiting its turn to cross the James River. But first #20, then NS#213 coming south |
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8/17/2009 Upload Date: 8/17/2009 9:54:43 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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Three very tall light poles have been erected at the norith end of the Kemper St worksite |
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8/18/2009 Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:07:56 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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NS 211 roars southbound past the Kemper Street station worksite |
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8/18/2009 Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:10:16 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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NS 204 as viewed from the bike trail heads north past the Kemper Street station platform renewal project |
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8/18/2009 Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:12:18 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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Workmen make final preparations in anticiapation of the first concrete pour tomorrow at Kemper Street Station |
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8/18/2009 Upload Date: 8/18/2009 9:14:56 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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The rear of Amtrak train #19 in the construction zone at Kemper Street Station |
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The Amtrak trains have to make multiple stops at Lynchburg depending upon work to be done, i.e., coach only or coach and sleeper work. |
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8/18/2009 Upload Date: 8/19/2009 9:43:26 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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New light poles being installed at the Kemper Street worksite. |
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8/19/2009 Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:31:50 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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The view from 5th St looking south. More light poles going in. Many kids on the bike trail |
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8/19/2009 Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:39:13 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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The first section of the new platform at Kemper Street Station has been poured! |
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8/19/2009 Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:44:04 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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Looking down on the freshly-poured concrete at Kemper Street station |
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8/19/2009 Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:45:43 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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North edge of first concrete pour at Kemper Street Station |
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8/19/2009 Upload Date: 8/20/2009 8:47:39 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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64 - New platform is curing and drainage ditch under the train storage track is being dug |
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The NEC train will overnight on a track to be put down on top of the tarp to the left of the platform |
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8/22/2009 Upload Date: 8/24/2009 8:11:06 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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65 - Upgrade work proceeds as Amtrak #20 departs Kemper Street station 2 hours late. at Lynchburg, VA |
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A friendly wave from the conductor as Amtrak #20 accelerates past new platform concrete and worker prepping for the next pour |
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8/3/2009 Upload Date: 8/24/2009 8:14:41 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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66 - Unloading a gondola with an electro-magnet at the Kemper Street worksite |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:45:14 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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67 - NS rail train with UP power passes by NS train P97 at the Kemper Street worksite |
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Rail train will be setting off four ribbons of CWR shortly to be used in track construction at Kemper Street in advance of the start of Amtrak NEC Regional service here |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:48:18 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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UP 4045(SD70M) |
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68 - NS rail train 912 sets off a gondola at the Kemper Street worksite before setting welded rail on the ground. |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:52:17 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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69 - excavator holds on to two ribbons of 136 lb. CWR |
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NS rail train will pull forward to feed rail off of the train and onto the ground |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:54:55 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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70 - NS rail train 912 pulls north depositing the first pair of 136 lb. ribbons of CWR as it goes. |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 12:58:20 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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71 - NS rail train 912 pulls forward depositing another pair of lengths of 136 lb. CWR |
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Rail will be used to construct storage tracks for the Amtrak NEC train coming to LYH October 1 and for NS storage, too |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 1:02:44 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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72 - NS rail train has shoved back after deposting CWR at the Kemper St Station worksite |
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Enigine and lead car will pull forward, then make a reverse move to retrieve the gondola set out earlier. |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 1:16:11 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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UP 4045(SD70M) |
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73 - Rail train has set off its four ribbons of 136 lb. CWR at the Kemper Street Station worksite and is retrieving a gondola |
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8/24/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 1:11:54 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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UP 4045(SD70M) |
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74 - Fresh concrete... it's a beautiful thaing. More Kemper Street platform comes to life. |
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I missed catching the trucks making the pour, but did catch a train in the next frame |
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8/25/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:43:08 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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75 - NS train P98 drifts past fresly poured train platform concrete at Kemper Street station |
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I missed the concrete trucks in action, but caught a train. |
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8/25/2009 Upload Date: 8/25/2009 10:45:56 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9005(C40-9W) |
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76 - Concrete truck action on the platform at Kemper Street Station |
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yesterday I missed the truck, but caught a train. Today i missed the train (P97) be three minutes, but caught the truck. |
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8/26/2009 Upload Date: 8/26/2009 9:17:44 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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77 - Tele from Fifth Street of concrete truck action at Kemper Street Station |
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8/26/2009 Upload Date: 8/26/2009 9:18:24 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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78 - Lynchburg (Montview) yard job prepares to take two gons out of the KEmper Street storage track |
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8/26/2009 Upload Date: 8/27/2009 12:21:39 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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NS 3538(B32-8) |
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79 - NS 3538 on the Montview Yard job souples up to two gons in the storage track at Kemper Street station storage track |
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8/26/2009 Upload Date: 8/27/2009 12:22:40 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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NS 3538(B32-8) |
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80 - NS 3538 on the NS Montview Yard job backs onto its caboose on #1 main just north of KEmper Street station |
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8/26/2009 Upload Date: 8/27/2009 12:23:56 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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NS 3538(B32-8) |
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81 - NS train 12R speeds past the Kemper Street Station worksite |
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The remaining portion of the old storage track has been removed and grading for its rebuild has begun. |
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8/27/2009 Upload Date: 8/27/2009 10:23:27 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9441(C40-9W) |
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82 - Amtrak #20, The Crescent, running an hour late, passes by the Kemper Street station worksite. |
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A bit gloomy I'll admit, but one takes what one gets. #20's on-time performance is so good, it's hard to get a daytime shot at "LYH". |
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8/28/2009 Upload Date: 8/28/2009 8:29:39 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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AMTK 197(P42DC) |
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83 - NS train 12R passes by new platform at Kemper Street station |
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8/29/2009 Upload Date: 8/29/2009 2:03:54 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9286(C40-9W) |
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84 - Here's an unusual sight: a CSX truck at a former Southern Ry. facility |
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CSX guys are installing a CSX terminal and printers for train orders for Amtrak crews |
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8/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:05:33 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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85 - A look at the worksite four weeks after work at Kemper Street began |
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An amazing transformation in a four-week span of time |
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8/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:06:51 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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86 - UP 5470 leads NS train 214 past the Kemper Street worksite |
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8/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:08:10 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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UP 5470(AC45CCTE) |
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87 - Surveyors mark where new storage track will go as 214's containers roll by |
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8/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:14:17 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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88 - NS train M1R heads south past the Kemper Street station worksite |
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8/31/2009 Upload Date: 8/31/2009 8:15:32 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9274(C40-9W) |
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89 - NS 204 passes sewer line work at Kemper Street Station |
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9/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:27:19 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9243(C40-9W) |
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90 - NEVER try to yank out a stalk of Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) without wearing gloves!!! |
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Needed to clear the view. Tugged on the stalk. It did not budge, but fingers kept on moving. BUT I GOT THE SHOT! pic #91 |
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9/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/6/2009 7:25:29 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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91 - the "PM01 job" passes the Kemper St. worksite as it returns from working industries in Amherst Co. |
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I received some heavy-duty battle wounds getting this shot. See picture #90!!! |
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9/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:28:41 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 3273(SD40-2) |
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92 - steel switch ties have arrived at the Kemper Street station worksite |
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9/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:29:50 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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93 - Conrail blue units sandwich an NS unit on train 212 at the Kemper Street station worksite at Lynchburg, VA |
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9/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/1/2009 7:32:11 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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94 - A month after work began track laying commences at the Kemper Street Station worksite! |
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Switch is being assembled. Amtrak storage to the right and along the new platform in the distance. NS storage to the left toward the embankment. |
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9/2/2009 Upload Date: 9/3/2009 12:25:11 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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95 - close up of switch taking shape at the Kemper Street Station worksite |
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Only a month after work began. track laying is happening!!!! |
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9/2/2009 Upload Date: 9/3/2009 12:30:33 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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96 - Exactly one month after work began new steel is going down! |
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Switch to access new NS storage tracks is being assembled. Split-switch DErail takes shape a little further back. |
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9/3/2009 Upload Date: 9/4/2009 12:50:24 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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97 - NS train 12R passes by new railroad construction taking place at the Kemper Street station worksite |
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It's been exactly one month since work began! What changes have been wrought! |
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9/3/2009 Upload Date: 9/4/2009 12:59:08 AM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9932(C40-9W) |
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98 - NS train 214 passes by new RR construction at the Kemper St Station worksite at Lynchburg, VA |
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9/5/2009 Upload Date: 9/6/2009 6:47:34 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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NS 9179(C40-9W) |
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99 - High & wide special, NS 098, passes by the new platform at Kemper Street laste in the day at Lynchburg, VA |
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9/6/2008 Upload Date: 9/6/2009 6:40:57 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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CP 8881(ES44AC) |
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100 - A look at the worksite Sep. 8, 2009 |
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Rail for the new Amtrak storage track to the left of the platform has been dragged into place |
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9/8/2009 Upload Date: 9/8/2009 7:39:46 PM |
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Lynchburg, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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