A fine summer day on a holiday weekend meant playing with trains at the Quantico Depot. Our monthly Open House was on July 1, 2006 and we had a good crowd for the entire day. Our regular monthly Open House is the first Saturday of the month...come & see our progress. |
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| Coal from the hills is headed to the cities. A Pennsylvania steam loco heads up a long coal drag as it passes through Cooper's Holler. | |||
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The Virginia Railway Express makes a quick stop at Union Station in Evansport. With the growth around Evansport, traffic is up for the VRE. | ||
A pair of Brion's Mississippi Central switchers make their way slowly over the low trestle at Cooper's Holler. With the bright sun of the middle of the day, this crew has a ways to go before they can call it a day. |
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Our cameraman was a bit suprised when this Chessie steamer blasted out of the tunnel near Cooper's Holler. We usually do not see such fancy paint work in these parts. | ||
| Looking north at the bridge at Powell's Creek we find a freight train rumbling across the bridge. That's lash-up of power form the Pennsylvania and the Erie Lackawanna. | |||
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Photos by Brion Boyles & Rob McKeever |
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