The pictures of Suffolk, Va are from two different rail fanning trips a couple of years apart. Suffolk is on the old Virginian mainline that ran from Deepwater, WV to Norfolk, VA. Most of the pictures are from the area around the old Virginian train station in downtown Suffolk. Some of the pictures are of the locomotives at the Suffolk Yard, but a number of the pictures are scenes and details out area adjacent to the yard. It is my feeling that the details around the yard, not the tracks and locomotives that make the scene unique to a specific area. Therefore, when I make rail fanning trips, I focus on the details that make the area unique. Many other web sites have all the locomotive pictures one might desire. A couple of pictures are from the North end of town where another station has been restored.
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This picture is of NS 6102 an EMD GP50 assigned SOU heritage and was built in 1981. |
This picture is of NS 6164 an EMD SD40-2 an old NW locomotive. | This picture is an old box car that has been converted to storage. It is these details that make a model railroad look more realistic. | ||
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Side view of 6102. |
Quartering view of NS 6164 |
This is the old Suffolk Train Station. |
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One Section of Downtown Suffolk |
Abandon Loading Area | Side of old build where once there was more to the structure. | ||
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| Old building with metal sheathing on the side. It looks like the sheathing was added when the adjacent structure was torn down. | Another old building that has an add on. | Debris outside the same old building. In the model these details can make the effect. | ||
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This is an old building in Downtown. Note the outline of the old adjacent building and the faded advertisements. |
Another old train Station in Suffolk. This one has been restored into a visitors center |
Retired Caboose next to old station. |
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| This picture is of NS 7087 an EMD GP50 assigned SOU heritage and was built in 1981.
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This picture is of NS 6181 an EMD SD40-2 assigned NW heritage and was built in 1978. | This picture is of NS 6198 an EMD SD40-2 assigned NW heritage and was built in 1980. | ||
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| This is another angle of NS 6181. | This is detail shot of NS 6181. If you can tell me why the SD40-2 have their model number painted on the side, but the GP50 does not, I would appreciate hearing from you. | This is a detail shot of the front of NS 6198. | ||
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| This is a shot of a West bound general freight on the old NW mainline from Suffolk, VA to Petersburg, VA. Notice that the right hand ditch light is brighter than the left hand. The ditch lights are flashing as the train approaches the railroad crossing. |
This page was last updated on: 22 June 2007