Southern diesels at Natural Tunnel
A Southern Railway GP7 and F3 lead a westbound freight into famous Natural Tunnel near Appalachia, Va., in the late 1940s or early '50s.

Linn H. Westcott photo, from Fall 2005 Classic Trains


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