Trains’ time lapse camera: Norfolk & Western No. 611, Spencer-Asheville, N.C.

on Thursday, April 21, 2016

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How fast can you travel 145 miles by rail? We can do it in 1 minute 13 seconds with the time-lapse camera we strapped to the back platform of the private car Dearing, which was the tail car on Norfolk & Western No. 611’s excursion from Spencer, N.C. to Asheville, N.C. on April 10.

I set the timer to record an image every minute, so we’ve boiled what was a 7-hour trip down to mere seconds. You’ll see the train back out of the N.C. Transportation Museum, meet Norfolk Southern freights, pause for an air problem on a passenger car and a radio issue, and pass through the Catawba River bridge. You’ll also see the train climb the Loops near Old Fort and dive into 1,600-foot-long Swannanoa Tunnel at Ridgecrest. The video ends at the former Southern Railway yard in Asheville’s Biltmore section.

It’s not often that you get the chance to watch this trip from the back platform. Enjoy riding with us, and if you were trackside, look for yourself. You might just see yourself watching the show go by. By the way, we’ll have coverage of 611’s Asheville trip in our July issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf9tNTX7_SU

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