Month: February 2016

Up in Harlan County

Bob Lawrence4 Comments

I don’t post a lot of pictures of bridges.  My buddy’s always saying, “Look at that bridge!  You want to stop and take a picture of it?”  And I say, “No.”  I figure if it’s a mighty truss bridge, then Calvin (Sneed) has already posted it on bridgehunter.com.  Otherwise, it’s just trestle…

However, this really sturdy deck girder is a relic of the once-mighty coal-driven railways that the L&N pushed though out of Harlan KY.  They built strong.  The rails on this trestle have “Tennessee 1938” notations on them.  It’s a dead line, but I bet it supported one hell of a lot of tonnage in its day.

The trestle crosses Catron Creek at about 36.79852, -83.33855.

Norfolk & Western Streamliner

Bob Lawrence2 Comments

nwloco

Found this in an antique store last year and forgot about it.  As far as I can tell, this is from the early 50s, an N&W J-type out of Roanoke Shops.
On the back:
Norfolk and Western Railway’s streamline, all-coach, daylighter along New River in Virginia

Attribution, etc.:

Pub. by Roanoke Photo Finishing Co., Roanoke, Va.
K-158-D-12  44420
Dextone Made Direct from Kodachrome and Ansco Color by Dexter Press, Pearl River, N. J.