The Newport News section of the GEORGE WASHINGTON hustles through the Morrison section of Newport News near the final destination.
A C&O GP9 heads eastbound through Newport News with a local freight sporting two cabooses.
The date is approximate. I was stationed at the Naval Amphibious Base for 6 months - Lambert's Point was a favorite place to relax. There was a park adjacent to this site.
An ex NKP RS-3 sports its N&W paint at Lambert's Point, summer 1972
Former VGN H16-44 now sporting N&W colors works at Lambert's Point, VA during the summer of 1972.
N&W Alco T-6 #34 awaiting its next assignment at Lamberts Point || Nov 1974
Original NS's GE 70-ton #703 at Carolina Junction, VA || July 1972
NPBL SW1200 101 at Portsmouth, VA || July 1972
Nice looking simple gray scheme. This was a very long very low traffic density operation.
A very railroad-looking 70-Tonner
When bumped from road assignments by new motive power, the big Alco C630's were coupled with slugs and worked the yard assignments at N&W Lambert's Point.
C&O GP7 #5869 in Newport News, VA - August 1973
Norfolk & Western 905, a derated GP9, is seen at the shops in Norfolk, Virginia, on February 14, 1983.
Norfolk & Western 250 is an Alco RSD-12 (Norfolk, Virginia - December 1982)
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line SW1200s 108 and 102 pull a cut of grain hoppers in Portsmouth, Virginia, in December 1982.