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A pair of E 44s rolls past Crystal City in Arlington Va, having just departed Potomac Yard for Jersey. Pot yard was still a happening place at the time, and a lot of freight was interchanged there between B&O, C&O, Southern, RF&P and Conrail. Mergers over the next decade would render the yard redundant in a big way, and what was once a yard several miles long is now strip malls, hotels, and chain food joints. Ah, progress....
Date: 7/30/1979 Location: Arlington, VA Views: 388 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Locomotives: CR 4419(E44) CR 4451(E44)    Author:  Tom Beckett
Getting underway
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Olaf Junges General Nice catch, great photo! 12/20/2016 3:38:54 AM

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