| Making of a Railfan Part 1 / Austinville and the Coming of the Railroad - Doug Midkiff |
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About the Author, author's biography discussing his 62 years spent in the transportation industry, including 27 years with Eastman in Kingsport. (author) |
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Looking east at the Bottom, 1924-25. Glalax branch and coal trestle (author) |
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View of the "bottom" in 1999. The railroad and buildings are gone. (author) |
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Class G No 5 at Austinville (Tommy Duncan collection) |
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Austinville Station in 1935. A section crew is working on the lead track into the "bottom". (author) |
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A closer view of the Austinville station (N&W Photo/ VPI&SU collection) |
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Train 48, Austinville's passenger service, approaches the Ivanhoe Bridge over the New River (author) |
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John and Lucille Duncan, C. 1950s. He was the agent at Austinville who became a mentor to the author (Jeannie Duncan) |
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Pulaski Freight station in the early 1950's. end view with sign. period cars and pickup truck in view (ad run by N&W) |
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Planning for a Better Service Club meeting at the freight station in Pulaski. 6 persons in photo, identified (author) |
| N&W Freight Car Roster: 1954 / Part 19 of a continuing series - James F. Brewer |
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a 13 column table extending over 4 pages listing each class of freight car on the roster in 1954 (author's research) |
| Tales of the Iron Road, Part II - Skip Salmon |
| Nuggets from the Archives / SUVs and the 607 - Gordon Hamilton |
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Just as Odysseus' spear blinded the mythical Cyclops, a broken rail blinded this Cyclops of the rails. shows front view of loco lying on its side. This derailment occurred when the train attempted to go through a 25mph crossover at about 77mph after the crew apparently missed an approach signal. (N&WHS Archives) |
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The 607's tender left its trucks behind as it slid some 600 feet on its side (N&WHS Archives) |
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The tightlock couplers on the Powhatan Arrow's lightweight cars helped keep the cars coupled and in line after they derailed at 77 mph (N&WHS Archives) |
| The Tennessean / N&W Dining and Lounge Cars - James Nichols |
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One of the first N&W dining cars was converted from this beautiful wooden coach, Class PD. No. 178 retained its 6 wheel trucks when converted back to coach status around 1915. (Jim Nichols collection) |
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The interior of the Class DE heavyweight diner, air-conditioned and redecorated for the Pocahontas in 1934. (Jim Nichols collection) |
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This DE diner was air-conditioned and converted to a diner-lounge for service on the Cavalier (Jim Nichols collection) |
| Model Review / N&W B4/B4a Round Roof Boxcar kit from Pocahontas Models - Jim Cochran |
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Appliance arrangement on underbody of Pocahontas Models kit (author) |
