January 19, 2009: The News & Advance "The station agents"
Submitted by VHSR on January 19, 2009 - 3:00am.
Rail News
The Amtrak Crescent hisses to a stop at the Kemper Street Station at 10:12 on a recent Saturday night, six minutes late.
The platform — virtually empty just moments before — comes to life as about 40 passengers, mostly students, disembark the train.
At the center of the action is Garland Harper, Lynchburg’s Amtrak station agent.
Harper hustles to the luggage car and stacks a dozen bags onto a metal cart, seemingly oblivious to the raindrops that dampen his jacket. When the cart is loaded, he delivers the bags to a crowd of expectant passengers.