That unit looks very similar to the units that CSX uses at the coal facility in Baltimore. I believe a scenic line also owns one, but the name escapes me right now. She'd be a good candidate to make it down to Roanoke and join the museum fleet!
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As someone I know once said, "better shoot em' while you can. This will all be gone one day." Thanks for sharing.
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Looks remarkably like an early ALCo HH (High Hood) series ( HH-660 etc) switcher. Appears the cab has been removed and the unit probably modified to be operated from the "phonebooth" on the front steps. I AGREE, this old unit SHOULD BE PRESERVED !
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The VP8 Deskins Portal bean life in 1977 as Island Creek Coal Company's Virginia Pocahontas 5 operation. In 1994,when Consol took over, It cut together with the Virginia Pocahontas 6 mine to form Virginia Pocahontas 8.This is on Norfolk Southern's Big Prater Creek Branch at NS calls the yard up here Koenig. My aunt lives right beside this branch about a mile down below here. How did you get permission to come up to the switcher?
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