On first inspection we see late 60's automobiles and trucks and a early 70's pickup truck in the parking lot, giving us the impression the era is the early 1970's. Next we notice Penn Central rolling stock confirming we are in the Penn Central era, Feb. 1968 to April 1976. Next our attention is turned to the locomotive and caboose which bare the road names Norfolk & Western, which would indicate the current owners of the line. But looking closer we see the caboose and locomotive have another story to tell. The locomotive number 1301, was originally ordered from EMD in 1964 by the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway and was to be numbered 101. We also notice the caboose road number is 500832. When the N&W leased the P&WV for 99 years in Oct. 1964, they added a 500 prefix to the P&WV caboose road numbers. The stories these photos tell us, this is the former Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway now owned by the Norfolk & Western Railway 8 years after the railway was leased. What will the future of this line be, only time will tell.
