Unfortunately for Amtrak, the throngs weren't there to patronize the Roanoke VA to NY Penn Station train. In fact, Amtrak needed to get out of the way for what was following:

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Photographed by John P Barlow, June 6, 2015.
Added to the photo archive by John Barlow, December 8, 2021.
Railroad: Amtrak.

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