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By:G. R. Harper
Dates:11/1/1946 - 7/18/2023
Album Info:Shots of trains in my 'hood, past and present. Reusens is located at MP CAB 150 on the CSXT James River S-D. A mile-long siding is here.
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CSX 63 underneath old cantilever at west end Reusens
Title:  CSX 63 underneath old cantilever at west end Reusens
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Photo Date:  11/1/2002  Upload Date: 8/24/2012 1:58:39 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 63(AC44CW)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Installing the new defect detector at MP CAB 150.8
Title:  Installing the new defect detector at MP CAB 150.8
Description:  An eastbound passes the crew installing the defect detector at Reusens at MP CAB 150.8.
Photo Date:  11/15/2002  Upload Date: 9/25/2007 10:23:58 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 533(AC44CW)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
Eastbound grain train passes the detector
Title:  Eastbound grain train passes the detector
Description:  Number boards do not match on the 8532 eastbound at the Reusens Dam and hotbox detector
Photo Date:  4/15/2003  Upload Date: 6/30/2009 6:10:46 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 8532(SD50)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
Christmas Card - 2005
Title:  Christmas Card - 2005
Description:  Freak March snow and unusual train made for a great train-in-snow Christmas card
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 12/29/2008 2:58:20 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  IC 6140(SD40-2)
Views:  330   Comments: 1
CP power eastbound on a molten sulphur train probably
Title:  CP power eastbound on a molten sulphur train probably
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Photo Date:  8/12/2005  Upload Date: 2/23/2012 11:07:52 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CP 9780(AC44CW)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
CP 9780 EB on a sulphur train
Title:  CP 9780 EB on a sulphur train
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Photo Date:  9/11/2005  Upload Date: 3/17/2014 2:10:06 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  68   Comments: 2
Black vultures roost on Cantilever
Title:  Black vultures roost on Cantilever
Description:  A flock of black vultures finds the WAS at the west switch of Reusens a nice place to sun.
Photo Date:  4/15/2006  Upload Date: 7/21/2007 8:35:33 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  321   Comments: 1
CSX 659 on an Anacostia Bridge debacle reroute.  Trash train.
Title:  CSX 659 on an Anacostia Bridge debacle reroute. Trash train.
Description:  Dec. 2006
Photo Date:  12/15/2006  Upload Date: 11/20/2015 12:15:11 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 659(AC60CW)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
UP 4791 and a patched SP unit on a sulphur train
Title:  UP 4791 and a patched SP unit on a sulphur train
Description:  This may have been a reroute due to the Anacostia Bridge outage in late 2006.
Photo Date:  12/15/2006  Upload Date: 11/20/2015 12:12:33 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  UP 4791(SD70M)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
SNAP!!!!  Broken rail near MP CAB 150.9
Title:  SNAP!!!! Broken rail near MP CAB 150.9
Description:  The scary thing is these things often break while a train is passing. Dispatcher: "(train ID), you left a track light on behind you at ____"
Photo Date:  2/6/2007  Upload Date: 7/21/2007 4:44:44 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  509   Comments: 1
Bow Wow and "Oh, wow!" Pow-er
Title:  Bow Wow and "Oh, wow!" Pow-er
Description:  Patient panting pooch poses with Q303 westbound with UP 6078 and UP 5812. The "EAS" and the west end of the siding in background
Photo Date:  6/23/2007  Upload Date: 7/21/2007 11:45:20 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  UP 6078(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  482   Comments: 2
A meet at the west end of the siding
Title:  A meet at the west end of the siding
Description:  CSXT 122 EB meets CSXT 8700 in the siding at Reusens
Photo Date:  7/21/2007  Upload Date: 7/21/2007 8:39:58 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 8700(SD60)
Views:  370   Comments: 2
CSXT 7661 on R300 (I think) at the power plant
Title:  CSXT 7661 on R300 (I think) at the power plant
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Photo Date:  7/21/2007  Upload Date: 7/21/2007 2:49:13 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 7661(C40-8W)
Views:  453   Comments: 1
Ballast train B01507 backs into the west end of the siding
Title:  Ballast train B01507 backs into the west end of the siding
Description:  Looks pretty cool, long-hood forward, I think. Ballast train backs into the siding at Reusens to clear for an eastbound.
Photo Date:  8/7/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 5:45:06 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 8771(SD60M)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
New signal mast is unloaded at the west end of the siding
Title:  New signal mast is unloaded at the west end of the siding
Description:  Old C&O style signals say "howdy" to their replacements as they are delivered to the work site. Cut-over occurred Aug. 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  9/7/2007  Upload Date: 9/13/2007 8:18:03 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  270   Comments: 0
An eastbound passes through signal upgrade work at the west end of the siding
Title:  An eastbound passes through signal upgrade work at the west end of the siding
Description:  This C&O-style cantilever's days are numbered as signal upgrade work continues on the James River S-D. Cut-over occurred Aug. 4, 2008 and cantilever removed.
Photo Date:  9/7/2007  Upload Date: 9/13/2007 8:14:06 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 322(AC44CW)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
One unit wonder eastbound passing thru signal upgrade work at the west end of siding
Title:  One unit wonder eastbound passing thru signal upgrade work at the west end of siding
Description:  Rugged, old, C&O-styled signals are about to meet their end as signal upgrades continue on the James River. Old signals retired and removed Aug. 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  9/9/2007  Upload Date: 9/13/2007 8:05:42 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 113(AC44CW)
Views:  374   Comments: 2
Q30309 leaves the west end of the siding
Title:  Q30309 leaves the west end of the siding
Description:  Q30309 leaves the siding at Reusens surrounded by signals old and new. I'll miss the cantilever. :( Old signals retired and removed Aug. 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  9/9/2007  Upload Date: 9/13/2007 8:10:00 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  195   Comments: 0
Newly installed "EAS" at the west end of the siding
Title:  Newly installed "EAS" at the west end of the siding
Description:  The new signal to govern eastbound traffic on the main line at the west end of Reusens patiently waits to replace the venerable C&O-style still in service. Erected Sep. 22, 2007. Old signal retired and removed Aug. 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  9/23/2007  Upload Date: 9/28/2007 7:55:41 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  157   Comments: 0
Night streak past the new signal at the west of of the siding
Title:  Night streak past the new signal at the west of of the siding
Description:  15 sec exp at 6.7. Old C&O signal retired and removed August 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  9/28/2007  Upload Date: 10/4/2007 6:50:20 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  191   Comments: 1
Eastbound with the "air-conditioning" on
Title:  Eastbound with the "air-conditioning" on
Description:  Ventilation provided by open door. Ruined the shot... but.. what the hey?
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/4/2007 7:40:58 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 4708(SD70MAC)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
WB takes the cantilevered hi-green at the west end
Title:  WB takes the cantilevered hi-green at the west end
Description:  Westbound approaches the cantilever signal still in service at the west end of Reusens. Old signals retired and removed from service Aug. 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/4/2007 6:49:35 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
Christmas Card - 2007
Title:  Christmas Card - 2007
Description:  Here is my train-in-snow Christmas card for 2007. This Christmas will be the cantilever's last. It was retired and cut up for scrap on Aug. 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  12/5/2007  Upload Date: 12/22/2007 10:18:38 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 2505(GP38-2)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
Eastbound coal train passes the westward absolute signals old and new
Title:  Eastbound coal train passes the westward absolute signals old and new
Description:  EB train passes under the soon-to-be-retired Cantilever and by the aimed and bagged replacements. Old signals were retired and removed on Aug. 4, 2008.
Photo Date:  12/15/2007  Upload Date: 2/7/2008 8:49:28 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 4522(SD70MAC)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
Chessie kin observes rail train passage
Title:  Chessie kin observes rail train passage
Description:  WB Rail train B01506 creeping out of the siding at Reusens and kittie as viewed from my back porch
Photo Date:  2/6/2008  Upload Date: 2/7/2008 8:56:03 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  240   Comments: 0
8888, the "run-away" unit
Title:  8888, the "run-away" unit
Description:  The "run-away" unit 8888 leads Q302 past the dam at Reusens
Photo Date:  3/8/2008  Upload Date: 3/19/2008 11:52:14 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 8888(SD40-2)
Views:  1346   Comments: 0
Train-strike person's memorial.  The saddest event ever for rails
Title:  Train-strike person's memorial. The saddest event ever for rails
Description:  On April 8, 2008, at 7:41 p.m. a life was lost on the railroad. This is the impromptu memorial
Photo Date:  4/13/2008  Upload Date: 4/15/2008 9:36:22 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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EB engines roll past the memorial
Title:  EB engines roll past the memorial
Description:  Eastbound passes the spot memorializing the train-strike victim of April 8.
Photo Date:  4/13/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 11:58:13 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 490(AC44CW)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
G88205 and a clamshell
Title:  G88205 and a clamshell
Description:  CSXT 301 on the G88205 passes by dredging operation behind the Reusens Dam
Photo Date:  4/15/2008  Upload Date: 4/15/2008 9:31:17 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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First train since the Curve Patch gang gave up the track
Title:  First train since the Curve Patch gang gave up the track
Description:  The N70609, as viewed from my bedroom window, was the first train to use the new rail installed by the R-3 Curve Patch gang today.
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 5:42:11 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 4596(SD80MAC)
Views:  468   Comments: 2
Curve Patch gang
Title:  Curve Patch gang
Description:  Lining up at the intersection of Hydro St. and V.E.S. Rd.
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 11:55:14 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  182   Comments: 0
Curve patch gang lined up by the power plant
Title:  Curve patch gang lined up by the power plant
Description:  Waiting their turn to change out a rail west of MP CAB 150.8
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 11:54:07 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  262   Comments: 0
Curve Patch gang and the memorial
Title:  Curve Patch gang and the memorial
Description:  Curve patch gang sits next to the train-strike victim's memorial
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 11:54:36 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
Removed rail
Title:  Removed rail
Description:  Outside rail on curve near MP CAB 151 on the James River S-D has been removed! New one in the middle
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 12:20:54 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  154   Comments: 0
Prepping for new rail in curve at MP CAB 150.8
Title:  Prepping for new rail in curve at MP CAB 150.8
Description:  Pre-ee-ee-pare ye the way for the rail. Pree-ee-ee-pare ye the way for the rail. (With apologies to "Godspell")
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 12:23:32 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  235   Comments: 0
Welding the newest of the rails
Title:  Welding the newest of the rails
Description:  Mobile welding truck connects the new curve patch to existing tangent track at MP CAB 150.8
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 12:56:50 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  210   Comments: 0
It's a beehive of activity
Title:  It's a beehive of activity
Description:  Curve patch gang installs a length of rail and Appalachian Power continues to dredge at turbine intakes! SO MUCH ACTIVITY!
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 12:57:18 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  343   Comments: 1
New rail is put into place. The newest of the rails
Title:  New rail is put into place. The newest of the rails
Description:  New rail is set into place onto the concrete ties
Photo Date:  4/17/2008  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 1:03:41 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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CN 5525 and CN 5757 on sulphur/ballast combo train
Title:  CN 5525 and CN 5757 on sulphur/ballast combo train
Description:  The K89802 moves under a canopy of wires in an easterly direction down the James River
Photo Date:  5/5/2008  Upload Date: 5/8/2008 7:18:45 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CN 5525(SD60F)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
CSXT 125 on a sulphur train pass signals, old and new, at west end of siding
Title:  CSXT 125 on a sulphur train pass signals, old and new, at west end of siding
Description:  C&O-styled signals have less than two days left to govern the movement of CSX trains on the James River. Old ones removed Aug. 4
Photo Date:  8/2/2008  Upload Date: 8/7/2008 8:36:24 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 125(AC44CW)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
The cantilever has only hours left to stand guarding the west end of the siding
Title:  The cantilever has only hours left to stand guarding the west end of the siding
Description:  The cantilever with the WAS at the west end of Reusens will be taken out of service tomorrow morning and will be gone by that evening.
Photo Date:  8/3/2008  Upload Date: 8/8/2008 9:52:43 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The end of the line for the C&O-styled signals
Title:  The end of the line for the C&O-styled signals
Description:  It's almost like a hanging. The EAS at the west end of Reusens is removed from service.
Photo Date:  8/4/2008  Upload Date: 8/7/2008 8:34:01 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The C&O-styled signals are taken away
Title:  The C&O-styled signals are taken away
Description:  Crane removes the EAS at the west end of Reusens
Photo Date:  8/4/2008  Upload Date: 8/7/2008 8:35:09 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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It's the end of the line for the old C&O signals
Title:  It's the end of the line for the old C&O signals
Description:  The new signals on the James River SD thru Reusens and Lynchburg were put into service Aug. 4, 2008. Taken down about six hours after this shot made.
Photo Date:  8/4/2008  Upload Date: 8/4/2008 8:23:35 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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The scrapping of the old cantilever that once guarded WB traffic at the west end of the siding
Title:  The scrapping of the old cantilever that once guarded WB traffic at the west end of the siding
Description:  Cantilever pieces are loaded onto the flatbed for the scrap heap.
Photo Date:  8/4/2008  Upload Date: 8/7/2008 8:37:26 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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B&O commemorative caboose brings up the rear of an empty rail train
Title:  B&O commemorative caboose brings up the rear of an empty rail train
Description:  W01928 enters the siding at Reusens with B&O caboose 904000 on the rear. FWIW, This was my last film photo! A caboose appropriately.
Photo Date:  9/2/2008  Upload Date: 9/12/2008 9:09:24 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Newly installed signal displays "Slow Approach" at the west end
Title:  Newly installed signal displays "Slow Approach" at the west end
Description:  New signals activated on August 4, 2008 are doing their job. Slow Approach is displayed. In the old days it would have been Red over Yellow, or Restricting.
Photo Date:  9/3/2008  Upload Date: 9/12/2008 9:14:34 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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New signal at the west end of the siding displays "Slow Clear"
Title:  New signal at the west end of the siding displays "Slow Clear"
Description:  A "Slow Clear" is displayed for a train that got around M of W working on the main line between the switches at Reusens on the CSXT James River S-D
Photo Date:  9/11/2008  Upload Date: 9/12/2008 9:18:16 AM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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New EAS at the west end of the siding displays restricting
Title:  New EAS at the west end of the siding displays restricting
Description:  Newly installed signal at the west end of Reusens Siding displays restricting. That dove perched on the inside rail should have ample warning.
Photo Date:  9/21/2008  Upload Date: 10/4/2008 2:52:16 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  233   Comments: 1
CSXT 1239 EB on the H94404
Title:  CSXT 1239 EB on the H94404
Description:  MP15T 1239 passes the Reusens hotbox detector with train in tow.
Photo Date:  10/4/2008  Upload Date: 10/4/2008 2:42:26 PM
Location:  Reusens, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  CSX 1239(MP15T)
Views:  459   Comments: 1


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