Photo info. Q: (NW Mailing List)

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Good point. Looking again at the photo closely, it does have the ATC box 
under the running board, which would fit with the Shenandoah line.

Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows
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> Plus, the locomotive is one that regularly saw service on the Shenandoah 

> line.

>

> Jim Brewer

> Glenwood MD

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>>

>> I cannot reconcile the details of the photo with any of the bridges

>> along the New River or East River. Specifically, the ground dropping

>> off behind the road beyond the bridge, and the rock face in the distance

>> just do not fit. Evevy place I can think of with the creek on the left

>> and the road curving where the train woulde be downhill would have the

>> background hill starting right behind the curve of the road.  Along the

>> East River, the background hill should be closer and significantly 

>> higher.

>>

>> The nomination of Buchanan is a good one. The major features of the photo

>> - the creek on left, the road curving left with a valley beyond - fit the

>> location, although many of the details have changed in the years since,

>> with the road being paved and the quarry entrances having being modified

>> and widened. From the road today, tree growth has hidden the rock face

>> from view, at least while the leaves are on, so I can't be 100% certain.

>> But I'd wager that rock face is still visible from rail level in the

>> winter.  I agree with Jimmy Lisle.

>>

>> Joe Shaw

>> Blacksburg, VA

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