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1. Coal extra, westbound with empty hoppers on Blue Ridge.

   OWL2007.04.1661

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. January 1956

   A color photograph of a Y6 locomotive working hard to pull a coal freight on the Blue Ridge grade on a cold day in January 1956.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. A Coal Extra, Double-Headed At Blue Ridge - A coal extra, double-headed, terrific smoke, Blue Ridge taken from south side of the tracks.

   OWL2007.04.1655

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. A Doubleheader At blue Ridge - A Doubleheader, mixed coal and freight, Blue Ridge looking west.

   OWL2007.04.1584

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. A Pusher And Caboose Backing Down At Blue Ridge - A pusher and caboose backing down at Blue Ridge.

   OWL2007.04.1663

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Boaz Siding, the Honey Hole. - Boaz Siding, the Honey Hole, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Grade. The Blue Ridge Grade, a few miles east of downtown Roanoke, Virginia, is a 1.2% grade stretching for eight and a half miles. Until the N&W's merger with the Virginian Railway in 1959 offered easier access to Norfolk, Virginia, Blue Ridge was the last big climb before the long descent to Tidewater. The N&W kept Class Y6 pusher locomotives stationed at Boaz Siding to help heavy coal and merchandise freights over the grade. The spot was quite pretty, with a little table under a willow tree by a little stream. The engine crews kept it tidy, but there were no sanitary facilities there, so the place earned the ironic nickname "The Honey Hole." In one of his most theatrical images, Winston Link has carefully set the scene. To the left, the engineeer and fireman finish their coffee as their locomotive steams quietly behind them, while the caboose of the next train to be pushed over the grade rolls slowly to a stop. Link even provided a special lantern for the people on the caboose. It was wired with a flashbulb and handed up to them as the caboose was passing the pusher locomotive's tender. This was a photograph the photographer enjoyed because of the way in which the willow tree draped over the scene of the locomotive and men.

   OWL2003.09.21

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Class A Freight On A Foggy Day, Blue Ridge Grade - Class A freight on a foggy day, No. 84 at Blue Ridge; movies made at the same time and sound; reel BC, stereo. Used in Last Steam Railroad In America.

   OWL2007.04.1998

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Coal Extra At Blue Ridge - Coal extra at Blue Ridge, photographed from south of the tracks.

   OWL2007.04.1652

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Coal Extra At Blue Ridge - Coal extra, Blue Ridge. Lead engines have passed, looking back down the grade at the pusher coming up the grade.

   OWL2007.04.1585

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Coal Extra At Blue Ridge - Coal extra, Blue Ridge, pusher coming up the grade.

    OWL2007.04.1586

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Coal Extra On Blue Ridge - Coal extra on Blue Ridge; rather dense negative; locomotive 2144.

    OWL2007.04.1579

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Coal Extra Pusher At Blue Ridge - Coal extra pusher, Blue Ridge.

    OWL2007.04.1653

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Coal Extra Westbound On Blue Ridge - Coal extra, westbound, with empty hoppers on Blue Ridge.

    OWL2007.04.1660

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Dog Sniffing At Recording Equipment - Dog sniffing at recording equipment.

    OWL2007.04.1541

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Doubledheaded Coal Extra Pusher At Blue Ridge - Doubleheaded coal extra pusher; this is same engine as NW 1587, vertical, from the other side of the bridge looking east. Used in Last Steam Railroad In America.

    OWL2007.04.1588

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Empty Coal Hoppers Westbound At Blue Ridge - Horizontal of empty coal hoppers westbound at Blue Ridge.

    OWL2007.04.1589

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. First 84, Blue Ridge Looking West Toward Roanoke - First 84, Blue Ridge; looking down the tracks, west toward Roanoke.

    OWL2007.04.1582

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Merchandise Freight No. 84 East At Blue Ridge - Merchandise freight, mixed freight, A class. This is No. 84 east at Blue Ridge.

    OWL2007.04.1580

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Pusher Of Coal Extra Blue Ridge - Coal extra pusher arriving in a wreath of steam; looking west on the Blue Ridge Bridge. Used in Last Steam Railroad In America.

    OWL2007.04.1587

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Pusher Of No. 84 East At Blue Ridge - Pusher of No. 84 east at Blue Ridge. Used in Last Steam Railroad In America.

    OWL2007.04.1581

    Record Type: Photo