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Nostalgia Ride Returns on Independence Limited IV to Martinsville
Danville commemorates a rail nostalgia trip as Glenn B. Updike and a small group rode the Independence Limited IV from Danville to Martinsville via the old Dick and Willie line. The 9 am departure reached Martinsville four hours later at a slow pace, about 15 mph, recalling the line’s heyday.
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Glennb. Updike
Kenilworth Ave
Southern Railway
Danville
Dick and
Willie
Martinsville
Winston-Salem
N.C
Updike
Danvillians
Jas
Danville and Western
Wille
Southern
Independence Limited
Southside
Washington, D.C
Ohio
Eden
Old Draper Station
Cascade
Axton
Roanoke
National Railway Historical Society
Panvitilan