Was driving along, saw a headlight, whipped the car over to the shoulder, jumped out and grabbed this with no time to spare. The waving engineer and classic C&O signals are pluses in my book!
I was surprised to see this sign back in '96. I understand that the sign is still there, but looking worse for wear and that the classic C&O signals have been replaced.
The busy Russell yard has forced the crew to wait and die on the main while waiting to get into the yard.
A eastbound coal train passes under the massive C&O signal bridge.
CSX 7391 heads under a C&O cantilever with its replacements standing and waiting to take over.
The eastbound Q696 sits clear of a couple of grade crossings, as he waits to meet a westbound, coming off of the single main.
An EMD GP40-2 engine leads quite a lashup as the train approached the curve before heading east across the Big Sandy River into Kenova, West VA.
CSX Train heads south by Big Sandy Junction
An easbound hopper train is climbing up the approach to the Big Sandy River bridge on the CSX Kanawha mainline.
