| Rail Fanning in
Richmond Virginia Click any image to enlarge |
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 I've passed by this neat station dozens of times without ever actually stopping. Not this time. |
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Recently while visiting family up in Woodbridge Va. I had an afternoon to kill. I decided to take up my nieces husbands offer to tour around Richmond for Railroad sites of interest. Being born and raised in Richmond he assured me that there were some interesting places to see. | |
 As if on queue a caravan of maint vehicles paraded by on the lower track blasting their horns every so often. |
 The maint vehicles proceeded by me, and then down this lower track to vanish behind the flood wall to the left. |
 Looking to the far left the over head track heads south along I95. |
 Looking North the track runs into the Station. |
 This old bridge is just a block down from the triple cross over. After being told that very little traffic crosses this bridge we set out to view it from both ends. Within 5 minutes of re-crossing this bridge the maint vehicles came out of no where to cross the very bridge. |
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 Lucky Strikes Building beyond the elevated track. |
 What appears to be a remodeled interlocking tower resides in the middle of the Canal street market area. This is just a block from the Elevated Station. |
 Old Seaboard Tower. This tower overlooks a small CSX yard on the the south side of the Richmond. |
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 Looking back Northwards from the tower. |
 After making the climb up the tower steps I found it over looking the entrance into a CSX yard. |
 Old Dominion Museum. Closed during the week! This building was totally under water in the early 1970's after the flooding |
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 Just a block up the canal was a small industry. |
 Still working, however I was that this told facility no longer belonged to SS. Notice the flood walls along and in front of this industry now. |
 Old Seaboard Building Now being used by VCU. Virginia Commonwealth University |
 Seaboard left side side This sits just below the Richmond Station. |
 Seaboard right side |
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 The only motive power present |
 Small NS yard next to Alcoa Building 1 of only 3 buildings |
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 NS Yard |
 NS Yard |
 NS Yard |
 Looking back from the bridge you can spot this small yard, but finding it was not so easy. |
East to access the CSX ACCA yard, however if you want you shots you
will need to cross back over the highway and follow along the on the
other side in between industries. Taken near the main entrance |
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 Taken near the main entrance
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 This appears to be a CSX Maint facility for track maint equipment. |
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 Back side view of facility |
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 Paint Building front of the main maint building. |
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 Alcoa rear view |
 Alcoa side view |
 Cement Industry on the edge of the ACCA yard. |
 Powhatan Ready Mix along side of the ACCA CSX yard |
 Powhatan Ready Mix along side of the ACCA CSX yard |
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