Author: Christopher Bodkin
Looking sothwest.
Looking northeast.
Boy were they grinding up the hill, all were in run 8 and had the sanders going as well...
They had to split the train in two haves and double up the hill. The whole train will be put back together at North Anna. The 6916 was dead on account of being low on water and the batteries not having enough juice to turn the engine over. 8400 horsepower was no match for a 13,000 ton train.
Engineer Jim Greenwood RIP 6/9/47-1/10/12