A westbound N&W coal train is just east of Petersburg and will shortly take the bypass route around the west side of the city. During this era most coal trains, loaded and empty, were handled by a single class A and averaged 175 cars. A sight to behold!

Photographed by John Wallace, March, 1951.
Added to the photo archive by John Wallace, September 5, 2010.
Railroad: Norfolk and Western Railroad.

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