As a curve patch gang works on #2 track, C640 slowly grinds upgrade with 93 loads of coal bound for Toledo Dock Ohio passing what’s left of the fall foliage in southern Pennsylvania.

The tiny hamlet of Fairhope sits where Wills Creek cuts through a gap of the looming Big Savage Mountain as CSXT Chicago to Chambersburg intermodal I115 strolls downgrade towards Hyndman at the b... (more)

The Northern Lights put on a show in the hollows of the Allegheny Mountains on CSX's Sand Patch grade. Seen here is the crossbuck for Fairhope Road framed against the colorful night sky.

I116 passing Foley Overlook near Fairhope PA with the L&N and Family Lines system heritage units trailing

The CSX 500 “Spirit of Grafton” leads a full coal train up the grade at Foley Overlook with the fall colors.

M422 running west grinds slowly upgrade through Fairhope Pa. with the DP shoving to get the heavy and long manifest over the east Slope of Sandpatch.

Amtrak’s Capitol Limited running on time rolls through Fairhope PA. with fall colors popping everywhere. In roughly a month the Capitol Limited will be replaced by the Floridian.

A loaded unit coal train works downgrade through Fairhope on the east slope of Sand Patch Grade.

The entire consist of the eastbound Capitol Limited is visible as it makes its journey down the east slope of Sandpatch Grade at Fairhope.

Under a light rain, a westbound mixed freight claws it's way through Fairhope, following alongside Wills Creek on the east slope of Sandpatch Grade.

With the fall colors at their peak, a loaded eastbound unit coal train works through the S curve as it heads through the small village of Fairhope, PA.

After a lull in action, an empty unit coal train breaks the silence in Fairhope as it works westward up Sandpatch Grade in the late afternoon sun.

The daily eastbound Capital Limited has been running with only 4 cars lately, presumably due to a decline in ridership because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today's train is no exception although it r... (more)

Shortly after 8AM, an eastbound intermodal descends Sand Patch Grade through the S curves at Fairhope.

A short westbound Capital Limited makes it's way towards it's eventual destination of Chicago. In railroad terms, this place located between Meyersdale and Garrett, PA is known as Yoder and has f... (more)