| 4.16.1989 Mechums River, VA. AMTK 325 heading-up the Chicago-bound Cardinal running late @ 4:45pm, crossing the Mechums River Bridge which starts the B12-mile Blue Ridge Grade up Afton Mountain and through the Blue Ridge Tunnel to the Shenandoah Valley. The house on the left once served as the C&O passenger depot of Mechums River. |