BAR was a "working museum" in the late '70's. This was a typical scene at NMJ during that era.
The BAR was an extraordinary railroad in many ways. Not the least was it's friendship with railfans evidenced here by BL-2 557 "The American Railfan".
Alco RS-11's were plentiful at Lambert's Point in the late '70's and early '80's.
I worked for SCL in those days and our Alcos were gone so I'd head for Norfolk just to marvel at these beasts. EPA? What EPA? I noticed that there weren't any mosquitos in the area....
The stripes give away this RS-11's Nickel Plate heritige.
This N&W RSD-12 shows it's Nickel Plate ancestry.
Norfolk,VA in 1980 was "Alco Heaven" on the N&W. Here's the 1138 smoking it up as it shoves steam coal at Lambert's Point.
This shot was taken at Southern's downtown Richmond yard.
