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Southern's famous Kemper Street station still serves Amtrak passengers.
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Lynchburg is rich in history, both rail and non-rail such as the ex-courthouse now the Lynchburg Museum.
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Lynchburg History
The N&W had Island Yard on an island in the middle of the James River that is now a park, as well as Kinney Yard. Southern of course had Montview Yard.
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The town has also been an important business area and transportation center since the days of the James River and Kanawha canal which connected the city with Richmond. The canal ran through the middle of the mill district down by the river.
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Historic Postcards
See the N&W J 611 stuffed and mounted along with other historic locos and rolling stock at the Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke.
Virginia Transportation Museum