U 823 blasts thru east Keyser at 45 per with 80 loads of West Virginia coal

Ex UP, now CREX 9042 is working easy here as it leads a loaded eastbound autorack under the signals at Yoder.

Q138, a container train, heads eastbound here for Cumberland and points east.

Westbound, and just over the summit, this container train still has most of it's cars moving up the eastbound side of the Sand Patch tunnel, which is just around the curve in the background.

George's Creek 25, dressed in Western Maryland speed lettering fresh out of the paint shop on her debut day back in 2008.

If you look closely, you can see all seven engines on today's daily manifest. The old clapboard building in front of 267's nose is what is left of the old Cumberland and Pennsylvania Depot, and wa... (more)

The grade here is 1.59%, and two big GE's are easing a heavy manifest eastbound down grade. The battle to hold back weight is almost as awesome as the climb uphill! Note the pretty spring color, a... (more)

A couple of four axles undergo service at the CSX shop. Probably nothing more major than their "Q"s. Love that nice morning light. 6150 was a former B&O GP40-2, but has been redesignated as a GP3... (more)

The 303's train rest on a new spur just constructed by the George's Creek. The two ballast cars in the consist are from the long gone Ma & Pa. and evidently the only two they had. The Alco is engi... (more)

543 and 611 wait for the power off Q317, two SD 40-2's, former BNSF power now HLCX, to move forward and pick them up for a trip to Grafton.

806 and 905 shove coal by 543 and 611, which are parked on a freight track, waiting for pickup by Q 317, a manifest which will haul them to Grafton. The coal is for the Mt Storm power plant, 55 mi... (more)

CSXT MP15AC fresh out of the paint shop, probably Huntington, leads the engine consist of Q316 into a spur to pickup seven cars to add to Q316's trip to Cumberland. Looks like 1181 will get some m... (more)

E 732 moves slowly thru the Keyser Yard, waiting for a light at the interlock, as some switching was going on just before they arrived. The train is on the westbound main, headed for Grafton and p... (more)

520 and friend lead a long line of empty hoppers at Sand Patch Summit, just west ot the tunnel, and are now starting down the west slope after the climb up the east side of the tunnel.

ICE's 6400, "City of Sanborn" and 6458 "City of Montpelier" lead Q275 west out of Cumberland for a climb up Sand Patch. Waiting for the Q to clear is the Sand Patch helper, not needed on Q275 toda... (more)