Glen Lyn (East) WILLOWTON (West) Hales Gap
Calls 'Wills' by the railroad, Willowton is the location of a grade crossing in a hollow near Hale's Gap, between Glen Lyn and Kelleysville. A pair of color position light signals stand next to the crossing, at milepost 342.5.

Signals, full moon and northern lights
The color position light signals at Wills stand against a sky lit by the full moon, at the tail end of a total lunar eclipse in November 2003.

NS 9649 NS 9649
NS 9649 brings train 185 through Willowton in February 2003.

NS 9540 NS 9540
Two similar pictures, from two different railfans, of NS 9540 bringing train 184 by the CPL in October 2002. Robb Fisher gets credit for planning the vertical shot, while Joe Shaw just cropped his digital to match.

NS 8697 NS 8697
8697 leads 17M around the curve in October 2002.

Glen Lyn (East) WILLOWTON (West) Hales Gap
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