A loss for words does not invalidate leaving a comment. Love this shot, Tom.
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You have that right Mitch, it's tough to find words for this one, but then Tom still has some 79,900 or so more surprises for us still!
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Now this is a classic shot. Your black and white has caught the heart of short line railroading at the very end of the transition era in a way that color couldn't. Thank you for bringing a slice of the past to life through this photo.
Bob
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When I was working at Lockeed Georgia Co. in the mid-to-late 60's, I had a good friend, Bill Hopkins, whose Dad ran the Allied (?) Chemical plant at Massies Mill, VA. As I understand it, this plant was the reason for the continued existence of this line. Bill worked as "fireman" for the VBR for a summer or two and had some interesting tales to tell. I haven't heard from him since I left Lockheed in 1970 and wonder what he's doing now.
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Although there's not one in this consist, this shot reminds me of the old forty foot, fifty ton, outside braced wooden box cars that were on their way out by then. In the small SC town of Jonesville where I grew up we had a local character, Peg Leg Sam Jones. Sam traveled the country extensively as a hobo--and lost his leg in the process. I remember being down at the station one morning and Sam I and looking at one of these cars and he saying "CAPA/CITY (capacity) 100,000, man that sure is a long way. The outside bracing separated CAPA/CITY .
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