C-420's #415/408/409 and U23B's #507/509/505 speed the westbound Apollo 1 piggybacker towards Buffalo and interchange with the N&W days before Conrail.
Eastbound coal empties exit Thistle Tunnels less than an hour after sunrise. The area below the train, including Route 89 was covered by "Lake Thistle" in 1983 when a giant mudslide covered the ra... (more)
4 Utah MK5000C's exit Thistle Tunnel with a westbound coal train. The tunnels were built in 1983 when a giant mudslide wiped out the lower alignment and flooded the town of Thistle.