RF&P101 East symbol Z710 on BB, Bridgeport, VA
With their normal lead unit a BB GP10 having its 90 day inspection done the Dillwyn crew used just the RF&P GP7 on their Thursday run to the CSX interchange at Strathmore. The 101 was originally RF&P 104 built in 1953, it was later restored to "RF&P 101:2" by the Old Dominion Chapter of the NRHS, and now runs on the Buckingham Branch Railroad.
One of the main sources of traffic on the original 18 mile long Buckingham Branch line is wood chips from a lumber mill near Dillwyn. The CSX delivers them to the large WestRock paper mill at Covington, Virginia, along the old C&O main line west of Clifton Forge.
RF&P101 East symbol Z710 on BB, Bridgeport, VA
With their normal lead unit a BB GP10 having its 90 day inspection done the Dillwyn crew used just the RF&P GP7 on their Thursday run to the CSX interchange at Strathmore. The 101 was originally RF&P 104 built in 1953, it was later restored to "RF&P 101:2" by the Old Dominion Chapter of the NRHS, and now runs on the Buckingham Branch Railroad.
One of the main sources of traffic on the original 18 mile long Buckingham Branch line is wood chips from a lumber mill near Dillwyn. The CSX delivers them to the large WestRock paper mill at Covington, Virginia, along the old C&O main line west of Clifton Forge.