‘Celestial Dandruff’—Sixty years of Central Appalachian winter railroading

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An inbound Norfolk Southern empty hopper train has stopped behind Appalachia’s business district on January 6, 1996 to change crews before continuing to Norton and St. Paul. The Pine Street crossing was normally the point where crews could be changed without tying up highway traffic.

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