It is April, 1970 and we are looking east in the NF&D yard at Lawrenceville, VA and at their small locomotive facility. From left to right, we find N&W GP9 No. 865 getting fueled at their only fu... (more)
The eastbound NF&D Lawrenceville-Emporia Turnaround Local puts their train together at Lawrenceville, VA on April 16, 1970.
NF&D RS-11 #203 doing some local switching at Lawrenceville, VA in the summer of '70.
Norfolk Franklin & Danville eastbound train picking up orders at Clarksville, VA in the summer of 1970. That is the photographer's 1962 Chevy in the foreground.
Fading has betrayed the former owner of the is unit but not the original, Nickel Plate. Nothing is left of this operation in Danville.
NF&D local power arriving at Lawrenceville, VA from Danville in July 1970.
NF&D Alcos switching at Lawrenceville, VA in the summer of 1970.
NF&D RS-11 #202 still showing its N&W colors at Danville, VA in August 1970. This engine was built in 1956 as Nickel Plate #560 and later became N&W 2560.
Norfolk Franklin & Danville RS-36 #1 and RS11 #201 at Lawrenceville, VA in 1970.
NF&D RS-36 #2 sits outside the roundhouse at Lambert's Point.