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| Title: |
Lost in Clinchfield Country |
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NS 22504 is one of two Top Gons to have somehow found their way into V373's train. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:59:09 PM |
| Location: |
Ashford, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSX V373 |
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Engine 462 takes a Restricting signal to enter the siding at Sevier behind Q692, whose rear car can be seen in the distance. Meanwhile, a southbound eases down to let both Q692 and V373 pass them in the siding. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 8:00:00 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 462(AC44CW) |
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V373 meeting V350 |
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The rear car of V373 swings into the siding as V350 begins to throttle up for the trip south. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:58:09 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSXT 172 North |
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An aging engine 172 leads northbound empties across the bridge just north of the Relief grade crossing. This bridge was painted in 1984, after the CRR's official demise, but was still proudly lettered for the railroad. |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:36 AM |
| Location: |
Relief, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 172(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 343 pusher |
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The Erwin-Poplar pusher has just cut off a southbound "on the fly" at Poplar. The southbound is already out of sight and the pusher has gotten a signal to head back to Erwin ahead of the N217 held in the siding. |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:37 AM |
| Location: |
Poplar, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 343(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 389 South |
| Description: |
An Extra South pops back out of the shadows at the north end of Poplar. The Toe River/Nolichucky River Gorge is just around the curve to the north. |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:38 AM |
| Location: |
Poplar, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 389(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 389 South |
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Engine 389 has just emerged from the Toe River/Nolichucky River Gorge at the north end of Poplar. Their pusher will cut off on the fly and they'll continue rolling south with a heavy coal train. |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:37 AM |
| Location: |
Poplar, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 389(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT N217 north |
| Description: |
Empties head north through the Loops at Camp Two. The sun was hit-or-miss all day, and here it "hit" just as I snapped the shot. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:39 AM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 436(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Loads meet empties |
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Engine 389 rolls north on the mainline, meeting Engine 436 stopped in the siding with empties. The 389 will meet something at the next four sidings as well, and probably more. |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:39 AM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 389(AC44CW) CSX 436(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT N217 |
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After meeting a southbound loaded train at Poplar and waiting for that train's pusher to head back toward Erwin, N217 gets underway. Next stop is home at Erwin. |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:40 AM |
| Location: |
Poplar, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 436(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT N217 north |
| Description: |
Our first train of this day was an empty train passing the south end of Sevier. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:40 AM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 436(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX N346 south |
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After meeting a northbound at Green Mountain, N346 gets underway with loads for Middleton, SC. Could we call this one "Spirit of Nascar?" |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:36 AM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 270(AC44CW) CSX 77(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT W624 south |
| Description: |
A miscellaneous coal train for Hamlet heads south out of Vance Tunnel at Altapass. The wooden Clinchfield caboose, CC&O 1023, reminds visitors of an earlier time. |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:42 AM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 326(AC44CW) CSX 7814(C40-8W) |
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| Title: |
Ex-P&LE hopper |
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9/23/2006 Upload Date: 9/24/2006 9:24:41 AM |
| Location: |
Huntdale, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
| Description: |
Engine 143 leads a loaded coal train south thruogh the reverse curves at the north end of Green Mountain. |
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11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:07:22 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 143(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
| Description: |
Another view of Extra 143 South as it stetches through the reverse curves at the north end of Green Mountain. |
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11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:07:48 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 143(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Trains in Church |
| Description: |
The often photographed Toe Rive Freewill Baptist Church is seen from a less common angle as an Extra South rattles the windows on a Saturday afternoon. |
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11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:14:29 PM |
| Location: |
Huntdale, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 143(AC44CW) CSX 67(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 145 South |
| Description: |
Flanges are squealing as an Extra South comes around the curve at Penland. |
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11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:12:47 PM |
| Location: |
Penland, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 145(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 4734 South |
| Description: |
Exhaust and brake shoe smoke are evident in this backlit telephoto shot of an Extra South descending through the Loops at Camp Two. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:24:33 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSXT 4734 exits Blue Ridge Tunnel |
| Description: |
An Extra South exits Blue Ridge Tunnel and will soon pass the former site of the Ridge passing siding. This train is about to coast down through the Loops. |
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11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:16:33 PM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
| Description: |
Engine 4788 leasd southbound loads down the mainline past the Unimin loader at Green Mountain. |
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11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:08:17 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
CSXT N335 South |
| Description: |
An N335 coal train rolls by Sevier against a backdrop of the Blue Ridge. |
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11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:15:12 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 353(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra North |
| Description: |
Engine 314 leads northbound empties around the horseshoe curve at Camp Two, climbing the famous CRR loops. |
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3/31/2007 Upload Date: 4/11/2007 11:27:50 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 314(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 118 South |
| Description: |
An "Extra South" glides down through the Loops, exiting Lower Pine Ridge Tunnel and just about to enter Byrd Tunnel. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:04 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 118(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 417 South |
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A train consisting of 1980's era rotary aluminum SCWX cars, perhaps the strangest looking coal hauling equipment on the system, rolls through Marion on its way south. The conductor of a ballast train about to shove off of the NS connection waves to the southbound crew. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:06 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 417(AC44CW) CSX 340(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 4788 South |
| Description: |
An extra south eases up to the south end of Marion to wait on ballast train W081 to clear the mainline. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:07 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) CSX 696(AC60CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra South meets W081 |
| Description: |
The conductors of an Extra South and the W081 ballast train exchange greetings at the south end of Marion. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:08 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) CSX 471(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra South meets W081 |
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An old Conrail ballast hopper and a CSXT gon bring up the rear of ballast train W081. These two cars were in the way when the W081 backed off the NS connection, so the crew was instructed to take them north. Engine 4788 waits with southbound loads. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:09 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
Extra South gets moving |
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After waiting on W081 to clear the mainline ahead, SD70MAC 4788 gets down to business and puts the wheels in motion on a southbound coal train. The NS bridge crossing the Clinchfield at Clinchcross can be seen in the background. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:10 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4788(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 5335 North |
| Description: |
Three northbound hopper trains followed one another up the Clinchfield Loops. Due to the long block between the Camp Two and Ridge signals, the second and third trains had to wait on a good signal. Here the third northbound prepares to move off from Camp Two. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:12 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 5335(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
CSX E150 |
| Description: |
The middle train in a three-train northbound parade throttles up after waiting for a good signal at Camp Two. The E150 is following N009, which ran around them at Marion. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:13 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 538(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Yonder comes a train |
| Description: |
The wild scenery along the former Clinchfield dwarfs an empty Florida train climbing the Loops from Camp Two. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:14 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSX N009 |
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The N009-09 snakes through a reverse curve just around the bend from Camp Two in the Clinchfield Loops. The train is returning to Wells, WV, for more black diamonds. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:15 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4806(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
CSX N382 |
| Description: |
A coal train for Wateree, SC, is topping out at Altapass, the highest point on the former Clinchfield. Soon the train will enter Blue Ridge Tunnel and will coast down through the Loops. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:16 PM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 477(AC44CW) CSX 331(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX N382 |
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Two AC's have N382 in the wind as they roll past the Baxter plant at North Cove. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:18 PM |
| Location: |
North Cove, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 477(AC44CW) CSX 331(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
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A loaded Herzog ballast train, interchanged from NS at Marion, struggles north at 13mph. The train is seen here just north of Camp Two in the famous loops. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:01 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 471(AC44CW) CSX 519(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
| Description: |
Reverse curves, rock cuts, and tunnels characterize much of the former Clinchfield. Here two AC's struggle with a northbound loaded ballast train in the Clinchfield Loops. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:21 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 471(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
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A CSX crew backs a loaded ballast train out of the NS siding at Clinchcross and down to the connection with the former Clinchfield. In the distance, NS 134 rounds the curve at the west end of Clinchcross. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:24 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 471(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
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A ballast train interchanged fromt the NS at Clinchcross has entered the CSX siding at Marion and will soon head north to Erwin. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:25 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 471(AC44CW) CSX 519(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX W081 |
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The conductor on W081 lines the NS connection switch back for the Marion passing siding as W081 prepares to head north up the former Clinchfield. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:26 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 471(AC44CW) CSX 519(AC44CW) |
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NS 134 passing CSX W081 |
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While a CSX ballast train backs around the CSX connection at Marion, NS 134 blasts by on the S-Line. The ballast was loaded on the NS Murphy Branch at Enka and delivered to CSX here. |
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5/20/2007 Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:20 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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NS 9263(C40-9W) NS 9957(C40-9W) CSX 471(AC44CW) |
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