Roaring Branch - An Iconic L&N Photo Location Remembered

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The ‘Norton Local’ — northbound train 64 — rolls out of the tunnel and across the bridge in 1951. Several J4A heavy Mikes like the 1893 handled tonnage trains on the south end of the CV during the later days of the steam era. (D. Wallace Johnson Photo)


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