Nostalgia & History > some historical pics from richmond, va

the first pic of the old N&W line that runs through richmondt o west point. The shot is looking west as the line cruves to follow the small island it's on as it follows the james river west before crossing over it to head for south richmond yard.

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second pic is a look east over the old pendulum drawbridge that crosses the khanawah canal in downtown richmond.

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third is a shot of an old SCL signal bridge at hermitage rd crossing south of acca yard. The matching one facing south has been replaced by pole signals...and this one eventually will be also.

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What about that pair of railroad bridges near downtown Richmond that made for a famous photo? There was a rail line on the ground, one on a bridge, and another one on a higher bridge. One photo I saw showed three locomotives, stacked, you might say.

Still there?

CW44AC60 Wrote:
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> the first pic of the old N&W line that runs
> through richmondt o west point. The shot is
> looking west as the line cruves to follow the
> small island it's on as it follows the james river
> west before crossing over it to head for south
> richmond yard.

N&W didn't go to Richmond. West Point line is ex-Southern.

stash Wrote:
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> What about that pair of railroad bridges near
> downtown Richmond that made for a famous photo?
> There was a rail line on the ground, one on a
> bridge, and another one on a higher bridge. One
> photo I saw showed three locomotives, stacked, you
> might say.
>
> Still there?
>
>


The triple crossing is still there...a half mile or so west of where i took that picture at...the southern is the bottem the c and o the mille and the acl??? was the top...it's right beside the richmond floodwall now so getting a great angle might be tricky but doable.

it was southern bottom acl middle and c&o on top

csx4798 Wrote:
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> it was southern bottom acl middle and c&o on
> top

Wasn't it SAL instead of ACL?

i know the top was def c&o and the bottom was southern not to sure about the middle just went with acl since somebody else put it. either way acl and scl was before my time