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[20th-century-railroading]

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We are on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR in Fredericksburg, VA Oct. 26, 1974. The Acca Local has arrived to leave fresh GP40 No. 126 for the Fredericksburg yard job. The local crew will be taking GP35 No. 138 back to Richmond. The Acca Local, officially known as the Acca-Dahlgren Junction Turnaround Local No. 3, was a Monday thru Saturday job. During the week, it seldom made it to Fredericksburg, usually turning back south at Milford. On Saturday, it ran to Fredericksburg to make the power swap and pick up any Acca cars. Note that GP35 No. 138 is backwards. The yard job always wanted a unit pointed south and would turn an even numbered unit on the wye. When the Acca Local got back to Acca, you can assure yourself that No. 138 took a spin on Acca wye to get it properly pointed.

[aryburn-trains]

PRR, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art Via Flickr: Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric locomotive no. 4897 leads westbound passenger train no. 137, the Mount Vernon, across the Raritan River Bridge in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on May 19, 1963. Photograph by Victor Hand. Hand-PRR-32-013

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Doswell (2017)

[thefakeray]

The Silver Star in Fog by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 1002 with Train 22, The Silver Star, passing through Ashland, VA on October 14, 1968 in a fog.

[20th-century-railroading]

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Northbound Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac hotshot No. 176 climbs up away from the Chickahominy River at Elmont, VA on Oct. 4, 1975, led by GP40-2 No. 142.

[20th-century-railroading]

MIssouri Pacific #1113 & #1534 by Jim Strain Via Flickr: MoPac 1113 (SW1200) & 1534 (MP15DC) shoving past SH Tower into TRRA's Madison yard in Venice, Il. (800174)* Kodachrome by Jim Strain October 17, 1980

[20th-century-railroading]

The Hottest of the Hot by Don Kalkman Via Flickr: CSX R191, The Orange Blossom Special, was rolling past a classic B&O CPL signal at Elkridge, Maryland. The OBS was a joint Conrail/CSX/RF&P intermodal that moved produce and other things up and down the East Coast.

The power was always unpredictable but always impressive: a pair of Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac GP40-2s with a CSX U36B in the middle was the locomotion on this day.

It's all gone now.

February 8, 1991

[20th-century-railroading]

Taken September 4, 1970 in the Ivy City Engine Terminal, Washington, DC. The units are C&O E8A 4026, RF&P E8A 1001, SCL E7A 529, and Southern FP7A 6149. by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: Note the different hose arrangements on each unit's pilot. RF&P 1001 has its hoses tucked in the coupler pocket.