I found this old slide taken by my friend David DeVault. It's the color version of a unit I also photographed (in black and white) that same summer:
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(Correction: Whitewood, Virginia) Extremely overcast and heavy snow conditions, are the perfect backdrop for a gloomy abandonment photo such as this. Looking southwest in the little community of W... (more)
Obstructed by vegetation, the N&W CPL mast signs protecting the junction between N&W's Caretta Branch and the Dry Fork Branch mainline stands tall along the intersection of Routes 16 and 83 in rur... (more)
Despite the watering of ore as it is dumped (visible under the train), a stiff northwest wind has whipped up quite the dust cloud. The 1000-footer James R. Barker is in the process of loading whil... (more)