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Daily Exhibit. Cover
Title:  Daily Exhibit. Cover
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Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 5:49:10 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Daily Exhibit of business for the month of .........
Title:  Daily Exhibit of business for the month of .........
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Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 5:50:27 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Daily exhibit instructions
Title:  Daily exhibit instructions
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Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 5:53:59 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Daily Report of Manifests Forwarded and Received ledger
Title:  Daily Report of Manifests Forwarded and Received ledger
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Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 5:57:35 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Manifest correction
Title:  Manifest correction
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 5:59:17 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
Report of Extra Baggage Collections
Title:  Report of Extra Baggage Collections
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Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:01:07 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  32   Comments: 0
Report of Collections of Baggage ledger
Title:  Report of Collections of Baggage ledger
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Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:02:45 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  39   Comments: 0
Report of Freight Refused or Unclaimed by Consignee
Title:  Report of Freight Refused or Unclaimed by Consignee
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:04:33 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  41   Comments: 0
Report of Local Tickets Sold.  Instructions
Title:  Report of Local Tickets Sold. Instructions
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:08:30 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  33   Comments: 0
Report of Local Tickets Sold.  Ledger
Title:  Report of Local Tickets Sold. Ledger
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:09:51 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Report of Local Tickets Sold.  Cover
Title:  Report of Local Tickets Sold. Cover
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:06:16 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
Report of Through Tickets Sold.  Cover
Title:  Report of Through Tickets Sold. Cover
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:11:16 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  30   Comments: 0
Report of Through Tickets Sold.  Ledger
Title:  Report of Through Tickets Sold. Ledger
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:12:49 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Envelope.  R. B. Snead, Cashier
Title:  Envelope. R. B. Snead, Cashier
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:14:06 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  31   Comments: 0
Tracer
Title:  Tracer
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:35:15 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Weekly Report of Unclaimed Baggage
Title:  Weekly Report of Unclaimed Baggage
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:37:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  33   Comments: 0
Daily Report of Manifests Forwarded and Received
Title:  Daily Report of Manifests Forwarded and Received
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/1/1900  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 5:55:40 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  33   Comments: 0
Here's a little item about the work before the tunnel in the last picture became a reality
Title:  Here's a little item about the work before the tunnel in the last picture became a reality
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Photo Date:  5/15/1909  Upload Date: 6/9/2015 12:53:00 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  163   Comments: 0
News of the upcoming work to get the Southern Ry's new line around Lynchburg under Park Ave
Title:  News of the upcoming work to get the Southern Ry's new line around Lynchburg under Park Ave
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/1909  Upload Date: 11/30/2012 3:06:30 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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A little history on the Park Avenue tunnel seen in the background
Title:  A little history on the Park Avenue tunnel seen in the background
Description:  The tunnel was feature of the Southern Railway's cut-off project around Lynchburg. Begun in 1906. Finished in 1911.
Photo Date:  6/26/1909  Upload Date: 11/30/2012 2:56:18 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Further news on the construction of the Park Avenue tunnel in the background
Title:  Further news on the construction of the Park Avenue tunnel in the background
Description:  I am standing on 12th St., mentioned in the article
Photo Date:  7/3/1909  Upload Date: 11/30/2012 3:00:00 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Work excavating between the tunnel in the background and 12th St., where I am standing
Title:  Work excavating between the tunnel in the background and 12th St., where I am standing
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/1909  Upload Date: 11/30/2012 3:02:05 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
Not related to Heritage units, but to tunnel heritage, indeed:  A watershed date in its construction ~100 years ago.
Title:  Not related to Heritage units, but to tunnel heritage, indeed: A watershed date in its construction ~100 years ago.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/1909  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 12:29:42 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
While we are on the subject of the Rivermont tunnel, here os another watershed date in its construction 100 years ago.
Title:  While we are on the subject of the Rivermont tunnel, here os another watershed date in its construction 100 years ago.
Description:  Building the tunnel turned out to be a real headache for the Southern, as the article hints at.
Photo Date:  12/9/1910  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 12:35:35 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  135   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-2 #433 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-2 #433 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Nice action shot of a 1903 Alco-Schenectady built Pacific heading up a passenger train in Lynchburg, VA. Specifics - 72" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" drivers, engine weight of 190,000 lb, tractive effort of 31,998 lb. The actual day in 1941 is approximate. C.W. Jernstrom photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1941  Upload Date: 8/23/2015 9:38:40 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CO 433(4-6-2)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
Caption in Bob's photo album read "Pocahontas.  11:40 am"
Title:  Caption in Bob's photo album read "Pocahontas. 11:40 am"
Description:  Union Station in downtown Lynchburg is long gone, as is the concrete bridge in the background. X Tower, behind the engine, still stands. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/31/1947  Upload Date: 1/18/2011 8:03:32 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Southbound Tennessean crosses the James River
Title:  Southbound Tennessean crosses the James River
Description:  Note trestle is double tracked. Single tracked c. 1961. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  3/31/1947  Upload Date: 1/18/2011 8:02:55 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The Pocahontas boards passengers at Union Station in downtown Lynchburg.
Title:  The Pocahontas boards passengers at Union Station in downtown Lynchburg.
Description:  Note C&O "Doodlebug", its James River service, is parked to the left. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/31/1947  Upload Date: 1/18/2011 8:04:04 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CO 9053(Doodlebug)
Views:  981   Comments: 0
C&O gas-electric "Doodlebug" sits in Union Station in downtown Lynchburg.
Title:  C&O gas-electric "Doodlebug" sits in Union Station in downtown Lynchburg.
Description:  The eastbound Pocahontas boards passengers to the right. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/31/1947  Upload Date: 1/18/2011 8:04:31 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CO 9053(Doodlebug)
Views:  1879   Comments: 0
NW #46 "The Tennessean" at Kemper Street Station
Title:  NW #46 "The Tennessean" at Kemper Street Station
Description:  The joint Southern/Norfolk & Western "Tennessean" heads north after its Lynchburg stop, passing in front of the lens of Charles Knox Freericks' Argus A Anistigmat. The train is being pulled by one of N&W's majestic J 4-8-4s. This was a Memphis to New York to train. To its left is a gantry crane. Above it is the Craddock-Terry Shoe Company factory.
Photo Date:  8/14/1952  Upload Date: 10/20/2009 12:53:33 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Charles Knox Freericks
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Super nerd contributor G. R. Harper onboard #3 about to leave Woodall Rd. station
Title:  Super nerd contributor G. R. Harper onboard #3 about to leave Woodall Rd. station
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/1971  Upload Date: 1/7/2006 11:57:39 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  583   Comments: 3
Super nerd contributor G. R. Harper and fellow teen-age fans prepare for lunch on the eb Pocahontas
Title:  Super nerd contributor G. R. Harper and fellow teen-age fans prepare for lunch on the eb Pocahontas
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/1971  Upload Date: 1/7/2006 11:58:41 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  548   Comments: 1
NW 755
Title:  NW 755
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  8/1/1971  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:25:35 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
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Locomotives:  NW 755(GP9)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
NW 4103
Title:  NW 4103
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/1971  Upload Date: 5/18/2010 8:50:49 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Jack Smith
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Locomotives:  NW 4103(GP38AC)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Autumn Leaf Special approaches Nine-Mile Bridge at Mt. Athos below Lynchburg
Title:  Autumn Leaf Special approaches Nine-Mile Bridge at Mt. Athos below Lynchburg
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/1971  Upload Date: 1/7/2006 3:19:07 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  278   Comments: 0
Autumn Leaf Special passes through Nine Mile Bridge at Mt. Athos
Title:  Autumn Leaf Special passes through Nine Mile Bridge at Mt. Athos
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/1971  Upload Date: 1/7/2006 3:19:54 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  201   Comments: 0
NW 4107
Title:  NW 4107
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/11/1971  Upload Date: 5/18/2010 8:50:12 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Jack Smith
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Locomotives:  NW 4107(GP38AC)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
CO 5866
Title:  CO 5866
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/1972  Upload Date: 9/9/2017 1:25:04 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CO 5866(GP7)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
NW 530
Title:  NW 530
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  3/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:25:07 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 530(GP30)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
NW 858
Title:  NW 858
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  5/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:32:50 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 858(GP9)
Views:  396   Comments: 1
Savannah & Atlanta Caboose
Title:  Savannah & Atlanta Caboose
Description:  S&A RR in Southern Yard in Lynchburg, VA
Photo Date:  5/15/1972  Upload Date: 2/20/2020 9:40:38 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Tom OToole
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  270   Comments: 0
Southern RR 2276
Title:  Southern RR 2276
Description:  In Southern Yard in Lynchburg, VA
Photo Date:  5/26/1972  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 11:54:44 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  Tom OToole
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOU 2276(NW2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
NW 368
Title:  NW 368
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:24:54 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 368(RS11)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
NW 400
Title:  NW 400
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:25:03 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 400(RS11)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
NW 326
Title:  NW 326
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  7/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:24:48 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 326(RS11)
Views:  451   Comments: 1
United States Army 8661 Alco RSD1
Title:  United States Army 8661 Alco RSD1
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1972  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 7:41:43 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  USAX 8661(RSD1)
Views:  215   Comments: 1
United States Army 8677 Alco RSD1
Title:  United States Army 8677 Alco RSD1
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1972  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 7:41:56 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  USAX 8677(RSD1)
Views:  353   Comments: 1
NW 712
Title:  NW 712
Description:  Date is the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  2/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:25:16 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 712(GP9)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
NW 949
Title:  NW 949
Description:  Date id the processing date on the slide.
Photo Date:  2/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/26/2018 8:32:54 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 949(GP18)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
NW 1729
Title:  NW 1729
Description:  David T Callahan
Photo Date:  5/1/1973  Upload Date: 1/21/2018 10:06:18 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  David T Callahan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 1729(SD45)
Views:  377   Comments: 1


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