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Viewing Album:  Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
 
By:John Hepp
Dates:1/1/1976 - 12/31/1980
Album Info:The RF&P was a jointly-owned bridge route that ran from Richmond to Alexandria, Virginia. A lot of freight and many Amtrak trains passed over its tracks in the 1970s.
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RF&P 144
Title:  RF&P 144
Description:  An EMD GP40-2 heads a freight train through Alexandria, VA, in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:21:58 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RFP 144(GP40-2) RFP 125(GP40)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
RF&P 5 and B
Title:  RF&P 5 and B
Description:  An EMD SW1500 and a slug work at Potomac Yard, April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:28:12 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 5(SW1500) RFP B(Yard Slug)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
RF&P 142
Title:  RF&P 142
Description:  An EMD GP40-2 heads a freight train in Alexandria, VA, in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:29:02 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RFP 142(GP40-2) RFP 134(GP35)
Views:  645   Comments: 0
RF&P 7
Title:  RF&P 7
Description:  A friend of mine worked for Penn Central and then Amtrak and in April 1976 he was able to get us access to Potomac Yard and this photo is taken from the yard tower there.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:30:40 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 7(SW1500) PC 2216(GP30) PC 2202(GP30)
Views:  827   Comments: 0
RF&P 91
Title:  RF&P 91
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Potomac Yard in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:31:32 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RFP 91(SW1500)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
RF&P 68
Title:  RF&P 68
Description:  This ALCO S2 was in storage at Potomac Yard in April 1976. A terrible photo but the only view I ever had of this old loco.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:33:12 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RFP 68(S2)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
RF&P 8 and C
Title:  RF&P 8 and C
Description:  Another photograph from the yard tower at Potomac Yard in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:34:24 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 8(SW1500) RFP C(Yard Slug) PC 2231(GP30) PC 2216(GP30) RFP 3(SW1500)
Views:  1127   Comments: 2
RF&P 143
Title:  RF&P 143
Description:  An EMD GP40 leads at RF&P freight at Staples Mills Road Station in Richmond, VA, in July 1976.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:23:21 PM
Location:  Richmond (Amtrak), VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RFP 143(GP40-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
RF&P 5
Title:  RF&P 5
Description:  An EMD SW1500 switching at the once vast Potomac Yard in Alexandria, VA, in July 1976. This photograph was taken from a passing Amtrak train heading north from Florida.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:27:09 PM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 5(SW1500)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
RF&P 146
Title:  RF&P 146
Description:  AN EMD GP40-2 on a southbound freight train at the Amtrak Richmond station in July 1976.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:24:19 PM
Location:  Richmond (Amtrak), VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 146(GP40-2) RFP 121(GP40)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
RF&P 132
Title:  RF&P 132
Description:  A northbound freight passes the Amtrak Richmond station in July 1976.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:25:59 PM
Location:  Richmond (Amtrak), VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 132(GP35) RFP 142(GP40-2)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
RF&P 125
Title:  RF&P 125
Description:  An EMD GP40 heads a northbound freight at Richmond, VA, in July 1976.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:37:02 PM
Location:  Richmond (Amtrak), VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RFP 125(GP40) RFP 121(GP40)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
RF&P 104
Title:  RF&P 104
Description:  Every so often, RF&P equipment would work through to Philadelphia in Penn Central/Conrail days and here is an EMD GP7 in May 1977.
Photo Date:  5/11/1977  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:35:47 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 104(GP7) RFP 124(GP40)
Views:  568   Comments: 2
RF&P 143
Title:  RF&P 143
Description:  An EMD GP40 heads a freight in Lorton, VA, in March 1978.
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:19:47 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RFP 143(GP40-2) RFP 137(GP35)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
RF&P 126
Title:  RF&P 126
Description:  The same train from the other side of the bridge.
Photo Date:  3/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:20:51 PM
Location:  Lorton, VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RFP 126(GP40)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
RF&P 85
Title:  RF&P 85
Description:  An EMD SW1200 at Acca Yard in Richmond in March 1978. Photographed from the Amtrak Silver Star.
Photo Date:  3/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/15/2013 6:38:38 PM
Location:  Richmond (Acca Yard), VA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RFP 85(SW1200)
Views:  221   Comments: 0

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