{"id":6222,"date":"2021-05-23T20:58:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=6222"},"modified":"2021-05-24T09:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:14:10","slug":"co-railway-heritage-center-clifton-forge-va-may-22-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=6222","title":{"rendered":"C&O Railway Heritage Center – Clifton Forge, VA – May 22, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While camping at Douthat State Park, we decided to make a quick trip into the town of Clifton Forge to pick up some groceries and to look around. On a whim, we stopped by the C&O Railway Heritage Center, and our “quick trip” turned into an hours-long visit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read about the Center on their website, https:\/\/cohs.org\/heritage\/<\/a>, and I’ve posted our pictures here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Locomotive 7534<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Train ride for children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Locomotive 614<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The furnace was in the front. Coal was fed to the furnace through a “stoker.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coal car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stoker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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