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[railwayhistorical]

Mud Tunnel

Here are two shots taken at Mud Tunnel on the Chesapeake & Ohio. This spot is just west of Covington, Virginia. We first see a westbound freight and then the eastbound Amtrak James Whitcomb Riley powered by a General Electric P30CH.

Update: someone on FB tells me this locomotive was destroyed later in 1977 when it struck a logging truck near Florence, SC.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken March 23rd 1977.

[railwayhistorical]

James Whitcomb Riley

This is an Amtrak train named for the American poet, James Whitcomb Riley, a Hoosier. It’s seen here at the River Road Amtrak Station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The locomotive, a General Electric P30CH, is about a year and a half old at this stage. The timetable would suggest it is eastbound: I believe the train is running on the Chesapeake & Ohio within the state of Indiana at this point.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken February 19th 1977.

[railwayhistorical]

Spectre in the Night

This is the westbound James Whitcomb Riley, which ran between Washington and Chicago. It would be renamed the Cardinal about seven months after this image was made. We’re on the C&O at Clifton Forge, Virginia; the train is powered by a GE P30CH built in August of 1975 (in Phase II paint).

One image by Richard Koenig; taken on March 22nd 1977.

[railwayhistorical]

Spectre in the Night—the James Whitcomb Riley

This is the westbound James Whitcomb Riley, which ran between Washington and Chicago. It would be renamed the Cardinal about seven months after this image was made. We’re on the C&O at Clifton Forge, Virginia; the train is powered by a GE P30CH.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken March 22nd 1977.

[railwayhistorical]

Over the Wabash River

Westbound Amtrak James Whitcomb Riley on a bridge over the Wabash River in Peru, Indiana. A GE P30CH is powering the train. 

One image by Richard Koenig; taken August 7th 1977.

[ohiowriter]

A family favorite. My mom read this to us every Halloween as kids. Her mom read it to her. 👻🍁👀 #jameswhitcombriley #poet (at Monday Creek Publishing) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVmA2yBPEzu/?utm_medium=tumblr

[minstrel75itg]

#usstamps Commemorative Series of 1940 - Poets—Famous American Issues. #jameswhitcombriley Once, a wandering sign painter; and traveled with a medicine show, gaining an intimate knowledge of the life and speech of the Hoosier #philately #philatelic #philatelist https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ssBbYlBLM/?igshid=35dj8g2y3neo

[carriejonesbooks]

Wednesday Writing Hints - Get Naked?

Wednesday Writing Hints – Get Naked?

Call it what you will – nude, buff, starkers, exposed, unclothed, au naturel, in the altogether, buck naked.

I prefer to say, “in the bare scud.”

Why am I writing about this? Well, apparently some classic authors had a tendency to get naked in order to write.

CREATIVITY IN THE BARE SCUD?

In a 2012 article in the Guardian, Robert McCrumwrites of singers who access creativity by being naked and…

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