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Viewing Album:  Lynchburg makes ready for the Lynchburg-to-Boston, NEC Regional service.
 
By:G. R. Harper
Dates:8/3/2009 - 10/30/2017
Album Info:A major overhaul of storage tracks and platform at the former Southern Ry's Kemper Street Station occurred in preparation for the October 1, 2009, start-up of an extension of NEC Regional train service to Lynchburg. Work began Aug. 3, 2009.
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101 - Looking north down on the new platform and train storage area.
Title:  101 - Looking north down on the new platform and train storage area.
Description:  Note new rail has been dragged into place. Lines are drawn on the concrete where it will be milled to insert tactile "ADA" edging
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 7:40:30 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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102 - a side view of the rail that is going in.
Title:  102 - a side view of the rail that is going in.
Description:  Compare this to the picture on page 1 of the 85 lb rail taken out
Photo Date:  8/3/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 7:41:06 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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103 - a split-switch DE-rail up close
Title:  103 - a split-switch DE-rail up close
Description:  This split-switch derail will protect the main line from anything coming off the Amtrak storage track. The beginnings of the storage track for NS diverges to t he right.
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 7:41:52 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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104 - Looking south from the end of the new platform at Kemper Street Station
Title:  104 - Looking south from the end of the new platform at Kemper Street Station
Description:  New rail seen to the left for the Amtrak storage track will be fastened to steel crossties!
Photo Date:  9/8/2009  Upload Date: 9/8/2009 7:42:30 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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105 - Milling machine, dozer and truck load of stone at the south end of the new Kemper Street platform
Title:  105 - Milling machine, dozer and truck load of stone at the south end of the new Kemper Street platform
Description:  Milling machine will notch the edges of the platform to receive "ADA" tactile edge. Dozer spreading stone to receive new storage track
Photo Date:  9/9/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2009 3:36:27 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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106 - Stone being unleaded for new storage track at Kemper Street Station
Title:  106 - Stone being unleaded for new storage track at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2009 3:30:20 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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107 - NS train P97 southbound passes by dozer spreading stone for new storage track
Title:  107 - NS train P97 southbound passes by dozer spreading stone for new storage track
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2009 3:31:31 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 8788(C40-9)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
108 - Broadside shot of NS train 12R passing dozer spreading stone for new storage track at Kemper Street Station
Title:  108 - Broadside shot of NS train 12R passing dozer spreading stone for new storage track at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2009 3:33:24 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 8366(C40-8W) NS 8879(C40-9)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
109 - NS train 214 passes new platform and area for the storage track
Title:  109 - NS train 214 passes new platform and area for the storage track
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2009 3:34:25 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 8357(C40-8W)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
110- NS train 214 speeds north past the activity at the Kemper Street Station worksite.
Title:  110- NS train 214 speeds north past the activity at the Kemper Street Station worksite.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/9/2009  Upload Date: 9/9/2009 3:37:21 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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111 - Turnout for NS storage tracks has been assembled
Title:  111 - Turnout for NS storage tracks has been assembled
Description:  Note the ties are made of steel!
Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 7:56:58 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  193   Comments: 1
112 - Concrete milling machine at work cutting slot for "ADA" edge
Title:  112 - Concrete milling machine at work cutting slot for "ADA" edge
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 7:58:25 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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113 - close-up of a steel-tied turnout
Title:  113 - close-up of a steel-tied turnout
Description:  These two track will serve s storage for NS, which lost the old storage track to the Amtrak train
Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 7:59:15 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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114 - Close-up of the points of a steel-tied turnout.
Title:  114 - Close-up of the points of a steel-tied turnout.
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Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 8:00:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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115 - close-up of the frog of a steel-tied turnout
Title:  115 - close-up of the frog of a steel-tied turnout
Description:  21st century railroading, for sure!
Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 8:00:59 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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116 - Steel rail fastened to steel ties.
Title:  116 - Steel rail fastened to steel ties.
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Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 8:01:44 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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117 - NS train 212 speeds past the rr construction going on at KEmper Street Station
Title:  117 - NS train 212 speeds past the rr construction going on at KEmper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 8:02:22 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9904(C40-9W)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
118 - Contractor tends to the milling machine cutting the depression in the new platform at Kemper Street Station
Title:  118 - Contractor tends to the milling machine cutting the depression in the new platform at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 8:03:03 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  94   Comments: 0
119 - Milling machine at work cutting the slot in which the "ADA' tactile edge will fit.
Title:  119 - Milling machine at work cutting the slot in which the "ADA' tactile edge will fit.
Description:  Sample of said edge visible
Photo Date:  9/10/2009  Upload Date: 9/10/2009 8:03:49 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
120 - New lighting is going up on the new poles above the new platform
Title:  120 - New lighting is going up on the new poles above the new platform
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/11/2009  Upload Date: 9/11/2009 7:16:27 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  110   Comments: 0
121 - NS 211 speeds south past the Kemper Street Station worksite
Title:  121 - NS 211 speeds south past the Kemper Street Station worksite
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Photo Date:  9/11/2009  Upload Date: 9/11/2009 7:17:15 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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122 - NS 212 with the typical block of autoracks comes north past the Kemper St. Station worksite.
Title:  122 - NS 212 with the typical block of autoracks comes north past the Kemper St. Station worksite.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/11/2009  Upload Date: 9/11/2009 7:19:46 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9485(C40-9W)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
123 - Electrical contractor continues to mount streetlights above the new platform at Kemper Street Station.
Title:  123 - Electrical contractor continues to mount streetlights above the new platform at Kemper Street Station.
Description:  NS 12R speeds by the work in progress being done on a Saturday!
Photo Date:  9/12/2009  Upload Date: 9/13/2009 9:55:01 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
124 - All the street lights above the scene at KEmper Street are in place.
Title:  124 - All the street lights above the scene at KEmper Street are in place.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/13/2009  Upload Date: 9/13/2009 9:58:21 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
125 - New track where the NEC train will overnight at Kemper Street Station is being put down
Title:  125 - New track where the NEC train will overnight at Kemper Street Station is being put down
Description:  All Steel construnction. Rail and ties
Photo Date:  9/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 6:18:00 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  159   Comments: 0
126 - These guys are earning every dime they make today laying track at Kemper Street station
Title:  126 - These guys are earning every dime they make today laying track at Kemper Street station
Description:  The steel ties are light enough that two men can pick them up
Photo Date:  9/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 6:18:34 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  216   Comments: 0
127 - Milling the platform edge and laying track at Kemper Street Station
Title:  127 - Milling the platform edge and laying track at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 6:23:08 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
128 - Rail and steel ties go into place on the Amtrak storage track at Kemper Street Station
Title:  128 - Rail and steel ties go into place on the Amtrak storage track at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 6:20:56 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  168   Comments: 0
129 - They're about half way down the new platform putting down new steel ties and rail
Title:  129 - They're about half way down the new platform putting down new steel ties and rail
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 6:21:44 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  124   Comments: 0
130 - NS train 214 comes past the contractors laying track for Amtrak train storage at Kemper Street Station
Title:  130 - NS train 214 comes past the contractors laying track for Amtrak train storage at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 6:22:12 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9461(C40-9W)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
131 - Amtrak #19 in the station at Kemper Street
Title:  131 - Amtrak #19 in the station at Kemper Street
Description:  On Sept 30 the new track to the left should be occupied by the first trainset of equipment for the NEC Regional service
Photo Date:  9/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/14/2009 11:41:14 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
132 - the BIG picture at KEmper Street six weeks after work began
Title:  132 - the BIG picture at KEmper Street six weeks after work began
Description:  How many departments do you see? Signal gang, Electricians, Sewer diggers, track gang
Photo Date:  9/15/2009  Upload Date: 9/15/2009 7:09:07 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
133 - Spaghetti rail! Hinkle contractors continue to lay the storage track at Kemper Street Station
Title:  133 - Spaghetti rail! Hinkle contractors continue to lay the storage track at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2009  Upload Date: 9/15/2009 7:13:43 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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134 - the PM01 job backs north towards Amherst County past rail contractors laying the storage track
Title:  134 - the PM01 job backs north towards Amherst County past rail contractors laying the storage track
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2009  Upload Date: 9/15/2009 7:16:59 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  124   Comments: 1
135 - The PM01 job a little closer to 5th Street. Railroad construction in the background.
Title:  135 - The PM01 job a little closer to 5th Street. Railroad construction in the background.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2009  Upload Date: 9/15/2009 7:20:56 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  184   Comments: 2
136 - Amtrak #20 running three hours late makes its stop at Lynchburg on a gloomy THursday morning
Title:  136 - Amtrak #20 running three hours late makes its stop at Lynchburg on a gloomy THursday morning
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/2009  Upload Date: 9/17/2009 11:39:01 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
137 - Amtrak #20 passes the Kemper Street worksite three hours late on a gloomy Thursday morning
Title:  137 - Amtrak #20 passes the Kemper Street worksite three hours late on a gloomy Thursday morning
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/2009  Upload Date: 9/17/2009 11:45:31 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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138 - a couple of extra rails at the south end of the new storage track.
Title:  138 - a couple of extra rails at the south end of the new storage track.
Description:  For the bumping post, maybe
Photo Date:  9/17/2009  Upload Date: 9/17/2009 11:48:33 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
139 - ADA edge is beginning to take shape on the main line side of the new platform at Kemper Street Station
Title:  139 - ADA edge is beginning to take shape on the main line side of the new platform at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/2009  Upload Date: 9/17/2009 11:52:07 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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140 - Front-end loader spreads ballast on the steel ties on the Amtrak storage track.
Title:  140 - Front-end loader spreads ballast on the steel ties on the Amtrak storage track.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 1:25:37 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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141 - One of the two NS storage tracks begins to take shape
Title:  141 - One of the two NS storage tracks begins to take shape
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 1:26:15 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  130   Comments: 0
142- Man and machine maneuver rail onto one of the two NS storage tracks at Kemper Street Station
Title:  142- Man and machine maneuver rail onto one of the two NS storage tracks at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 1:26:50 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
143 - Two excavators maneuver rail toward the turnout for NS storage purposes
Title:  143 - Two excavators maneuver rail toward the turnout for NS storage purposes
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 1:27:24 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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144 - A couple of cuties jog past the Kershaw equipment at Kemper Street
Title:  144 - A couple of cuties jog past the Kershaw equipment at Kemper Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 1:27:59 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
145 - The view from 5th Street of the work being done on the NS storage tracks
Title:  145 - The view from 5th Street of the work being done on the NS storage tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 1:28:29 AM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
146 - rear of ballast train about to be shoved down Amtrak Storage Track for dumping.
Title:  146 - rear of ballast train about to be shoved down Amtrak Storage Track for dumping.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 4:26:11 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Views:  88   Comments: 0
147 - Head on shot of PM01 yard job delivering / dumping ballast on the Amtrak Storage Track
Title:  147 - Head on shot of PM01 yard job delivering / dumping ballast on the Amtrak Storage Track
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 4:28:29 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9075(C40-9W)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
148 - Yard job - ballast train easing south on Amtrak Storage Track.
Title:  148 - Yard job - ballast train easing south on Amtrak Storage Track.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 4:26:44 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9075(C40-9W)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
149 - YArd job - ballast train at extreme south end of Amtrak Storage Track
Title:  149 - YArd job - ballast train at extreme south end of Amtrak Storage Track
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 4:27:15 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
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Locomotives:  NS 9075(C40-9W)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
150 - ballast being dumped at north end of Amtrak Storage Track at Kemper Street Station
Title:  150 - ballast being dumped at north end of Amtrak Storage Track at Kemper Street Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 4:27:53 PM
Location:  Lynchburg, VA
Author:  G. R. Harper
Categories:  RollingStock
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