> Anyway, back to railfanning. I see by your address you're from
> Richmond. From
> the city proper or nearby? My ex brother in law used to live in
> Hopewell, went down there a couple of times. Friend of mine now lives
> in Richmond and is also a railfan and model railroader. When he was up
> last time was showing
> some shots from around the area. Lots of raqilroad history down there,
> as most of the railroads date from before the Civil War. Found a great
> book a while
> back called "The Railroads of the Confederacy". Fascinating reading if
> you can
> find it. 
 
I live a couple of miles outside the city limits, not far enough to 
worry about.  Used to live a block from CSX main, right near the 
quartermaster hump. ( They didn't grade the right of way too well, I 
think they were coming from two directions and didn't quite meet up.)
When they were digging for the floodwall in the Southern Rail Yard, I 
overheard one of the construction people say they hit 6 layers of 
tracks.  Whenever they had a Major flood they must have just started all 
over instead of trying to repair what they had.  We also have the triple 
crossover here in town, and the train buried under church hill in the 
old C&O tunnel which collapsed upon it in 1925.
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