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Danzig
Mon Oct 13 6:00 pm
@ Toad's Place Dimmu Borgir, Moonspell, Winds of, Plague, Skeleton Witch
open mic @ Poe's Pub
Tue Oct 14 8:00 pm
acoustic open mic at Poe's Pub on East Main, hosted by Jim Daab. Sign up is at 8:30, music starts at 9, goes until clos...
Mini Flicks & Stories
Thu Oct 16 10:30 am
@ Hull Street Library for preschool & kindergarten children
Thursday Fresh Market
Thu Oct 16 8:30 am
@ 17th Street Farmers' Market Farm fresh and homegrown straight from the region's farms to your home. Homemade and h...
1st Annual Shockoe on the Halfshell Oyster Festival
Sat Oct 18 11:00 am
@ Farmer's Market in Shockoe Bottom...(3) kick @$$ bands, adult beverage trucks, and tastings of various oyster concoct...
Community Planning in Richmond workshop
Sat Oct 18 8:30 am
In recognition of National Community Planning Month, the City of Richmond Department of Community Development is sponsor...
Run to the River
Sat Oct 18
Fulton Hill's Run to the River is a new, challenging 10k event to benefit the Neighborhood Resource Center. The event wi...
Saturday Growers; Bohemian Market
Sat Oct 18 9:00 am
@ 17th Street Farmers' Market Farm fresh and homegrown straight from the region's farms to your home. Homemade and ha...



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KIDZ -R- COOKIN' We offer 15+ holistic & healthy cooking programs for children ages 5-15 yrs. We bring the kitchen to you! We create unique programs for schools, churches, community centers, troops, and any special event www.kidzrcookin.info 804.651.2974
Need estate sale services? Have items to consign? Since 1999, Susan's Selections has conducted in-home estate sales. Our consignment store at 8008 Staples Mill Rd is open Mon to Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm. 232-6480 or Roy@SusansSelections.com.
Helping seniors downsize and move since 1998, More Than Moving For Seniors is a full-service senior move management company. We sort, pack, move, unpack, set up the new home and clear out houses. Call 232-6480 or Susan@MoreThanMovingInc.com
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January 27, 2008

triple crossing

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Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross at different levels at the same spot.

From the wikipedia entry for triple crossing:

Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross at different levels at the same spot.

At the lowest (ground) level, the original Richmond and York River Railroad was extended after the American Civil War to connect with the Richmond and Danville Railroad, later part of the Southern Railway System, currently part of Norfolk Southern. The line runs east to West Point, Virginia.

The middle level was the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, now part of CSX Transportation known as the “S” line, just south of Main Street Station. It planned to become part of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.

At the top level is a 3-mile long viaduct paralleling the north bank of the James River built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1901 to link the former Richmond and Allegheny Railroad with C&O’s Peninsula Subdivision to Newport News and export coal piers. The viaduct, now owned by CSX Transportation, provided an alternate path to the notoriously unstable Church Hill Tunnel which buried a work train with fatalities on October 2, 1925. A locomotive and ten flat cars remain entombed with at least one rail worker, killing several others whose bodies were eventually recovered.

The triple crossing has been a Richmond attraction for railfans for over 100 years. The viaduct is also possibly the longest in the world.

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Posted by john m at 6:15AM under RVANews-entertainment, history

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