Wood to steel over the highway should be the trestle over U.S. 23 between Duffield and Natural Tunnel.
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Thanks for the info! Looking at the satellite photo, this area has changed drastically since 1970.
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Wow...nice shot! As noted, this bridge is located at MP 23.2T, about halfway between Sunbright (21T) and Glenita (25T). Old timers call it "Bootleg" trestle, because a bootleg liquor establishment once flourished for several years just off to the left. This train is "westbound," in railroad terms, and headed up a 1.66 percent grade here. Again--this is an excellent shot, and it brings make many great memories. A Southern SD24 is a fantastic photo subject, and you captured the challenging nature of Appalachian main line railroading well in this exposure.
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Always one of my favorite locomotives, these Southern units spent a lot of time on the "Rat Hole" thus please note the welded guards on either side of the air horns. When in service on the C.N.O. & T.P. Ice hanging from tunnel portals in the winter could be a problem. Some of the SD-24s also had multiple vertical plates on the cab roof, which were what was left of the mounts for the Ice Breakers that were needed to clear a path for Auto Rack cars prior to the removal of the tunnels. Some of the Southern Railway's GP-30s also carried the Ice Breakers as well. When visiting Southern railway yards in Lexington or Danville, Ky. one did not have to look for the SD-24s as they had a unique sounding turbo whine that was like no other E.M.D. units.
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