Narrows (East) ROBINSON (West) Lurich
Located deep in the narrows of the New River west of the town of Narrows, Robinson is the location of a crossover that lets westbound trains on main 1 move over to main 2. The crossver and signals are just west of the Route 679 (Robertson Mountain Road) grade crossing, just off Lurich Road.

Train 832
Train 832 heads upriver in February 2006, passing under the new cantilever signals that replaced the old, leaning Color Position Light signal mast seen below.

NS 9651 NS 9651 NS 9651
Eastbound train 846 passes the leaning signal tower at Robinson in February 2005, photographed from both sides of the tracks.

NS 9219
Train 274 approaches the Lurich Road grade crossing in September 2004. Little evidence remains today that a center siding used to start here in Norfolk and Western days. The background ridge is on the other side of the New River.

Train 55T NS 8782 NS 9300
Trains 55T, S15 and 771 passed Robinson one after the other on a lazy Sunday afternoon in April 2003.
The narrow space between the rocks and the river forces tight, but dramatic, photo angles.

Narrows (East) ROBINSON (West) Lurich
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