auto-train Welcome to the
Auto-Train!
Image: Bill Folsom, courtesy of Bob Folsom |
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| Directions to the Lorton, VA Terminal. |  |
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The Lorton, VA Terminal was brand new when this photo was taken -- still just a collection of tents and prefab buildings. Photo: Marty Bernard January 7, 1972 |
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In early 1972 the parking lot had yet to be paved. Photo: Marty Bernard March 15, 1972 |
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Auto-Train's
Lorton, Virgina terminal was just a few miles of Washington, DC. Image: Dave Balton |
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Auto-Train's Lorton, Virgina terminal entranace. Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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The vehicle
hand-off area..
Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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Passenger waiting
room.
Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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Auto-Train's
Lorton, Virgina gift boutique.
Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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Automobile loading
ramp. The ramp was on rollers and could be alligned with any of
several lines of auto-carriers.
Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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Parking lot
amidst the auto-loading areas to the left and the passenger loading
areas to the right.
Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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Passenger loading
platform.
Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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Looking down
the platform toward steam generator car 132 at frame center.
Image: Harv Kahn, Dec 30, 1975 |
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Locomotive 4003 in the Lorton yard. Image: Joe Seidl, January 21, 1973 |
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Sometime between when this photo was taken and when the one above was taken a phone booth appeared next to the tracks (far left). Image: Joe Seidl, April 6, 1973 |
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