This is the north end of Monroe Yard. There will eventually be a tree line from track level in front of the photo backdrop, but even this looks better than the blue sky by itself.
From the Monroe Depot looking northwest. The highest mountain visible is High Peak which is actually visible from the real Monroe Yard site.
A Trailways bus has pulled up to Kemper Street Station in Lynchburg with a group for the train.
At Monroe Yard an SW is working hard shoving freight cars.
In Piney River, VA we find ole #7 tied onto #2...the lone VBR caboose.
At Main Street Station in Charlottesville a Greyhound bus has a group for the train. It must be a nice spring day to take a tain ride.
Over at the C&O yard in Charlottesville, we catch up to a Geep and a C&O cab.
The yard is full of cars, and we get permission to take photos.
If the yardmaster knew we were up on the roof of the LCL freight house he'd probably.....not care. After all this was not a time that the railroad worried about being sued by railfans for being careless. We get a good shot of two freights chortling away near the depot. The southbound on the far track has just arrived from Charlottesville, and the nearer one is ready to head north.
From the north side of the depot another look at the northbound,
and a look south along the mainline.
Here's closeup of the lead RS3.
