RCF_2374-SharpenAI-Softness
Three Seaboard System SD50s were backing up the Pennington to Pocket (VA) branch on August 11, 1985 with an empty unit train bound for Powell Mountain Coal's loadout at Mayflower. The bridge crosses US 421 and the North Fork of the Powell River between Pennington and Stone Creek. The branch meets the Southern line to St. Charles on the other side of the ridge (through a tunnel). The junction point is known as "Pocket" for L&N (CSX) crews, and "L&N Junction" for Southern trains (NS). Those SD50s in SBD paint looked pretty snappy.
RCF_2374-SharpenAI-Softness
Three Seaboard System SD50s were backing up the Pennington to Pocket (VA) branch on August 11, 1985 with an empty unit train bound for Powell Mountain Coal's loadout at Mayflower. The bridge crosses US 421 and the North Fork of the Powell River between Pennington and Stone Creek. The branch meets the Southern line to St. Charles on the other side of the ridge (through a tunnel). The junction point is known as "Pocket" for L&N (CSX) crews, and "L&N Junction" for Southern trains (NS). Those SD50s in SBD paint looked pretty snappy.