More at home lugging coal trains over the Appalachians, The Spirit of Grafton gets an easy task of whipping some autoracks down the west slope of Sand Patch on this day. Here it rolls throu... (more)
As a summer storm forms over downtown, a couple takes in the view from atop Mt. Washington as Q217 runs along the Ohio River.
Westbound CSX Q217 proceeds west with a short train of autoracks west of Hancock.
The Steel City
Late running Q217 charges up hill towards the summit at Hobbs.
Q217 westbound, approaching the east portal of Falls Cut Tunnel.
Old Glory and a ghost in the tree watch Erie built 5302 get rack train Q217 rolling west past the Post Office at Mance.
Q217 resumes its climb after stopping at the limits of the work area.
Heading up the grade at Manilla amongst beautiful fall colors.
CSX empty autoracks WB on the old B&O main at Harpers Ferry.
After cutting of the helper Q217 goes from 1 to 2 at the crossovers near the summit
An ex Conrail SD40-2 leads a late Q217 west. Thanks for the heads up TMRob!
Q217 heads by what is just a small fraction of the remaining steel works in Pittsburgh.
With a fresh crew on board now, Q217 begins to accelerate westbound at historic Reels Mill, Maryland.
