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Title |
Abingdon Branch, mixed Train 201 arrives in Abingdon, Virginia. |
Description |
Abingdon Branch, mixed Train 201 arrives in Abingdon, Virginia. Engine #382, headlight up high, arriving at Abingdon on the main line, passing the Abindgon freight station. This the trip of 10/20, 1956. The day is not specifically identified. The locomotives and passenger equipment used on the Abindgon Branch were kept overnight in the yard at Bristol, Virginia, and the trains were run as extras on the Radford Division's main line for the 15 miles between Bristol and Abingdon. Here the train is passing the Abingdon freight station before arriving at the Abingdon passenger station for a 7:30a.m. departure for West Jefferson, North Carolina. The train was scheduled to return to Abingdon that afternoon at 3:10p.m., but it may have returned much later, as its arrival was dependent on the amount of freight to be handled. Class M locomotive 382 was a favorite of Winston Link's, particularly with its headlight mounted high up on the smoke box. It was moved to the center of the smoke box in early 1957. When the locomotive was scrapped in 1958, the railroad gave Link the headllight, bell, whistle, builders' plate and classification lights. The bell from this locomotive is exhibited here. |
Object ID |
OWL2002.07.06 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Link, O. Winston |
Date |
Oct. 1956 |
Subjects |
Trains Train stations Engines Engines, Steam Locomotives Locomotives, Steam Wagons Carts & wagons Railroad tracks Cars Automobiles Electric lighting |
Search Terms |
Abingdon Branch Abingdon, Virginia Virginia Class M, No. 382 No. 382 |
Collection |
O. Winston Link Print Collection |
Imagefile |
032\20020706.bmp |
Number of images |
1 |