A group of children stare onward as Shay 11 leaves the depot. A beautiful show today, by the folks of Cass Scenic Railroad.
Big Six pulls into the depot to begin loading over 500 riders for the trip to bald knob.
A couple squirts here and there, and its time to go to bald knob. The colors speak for themselves this season!
Classic C&O architecture, piercing the 6am fog with double stop signals. 45 second exposure @ f8.0, ISO 100
A celebrity graces the Clifton Forge Yard, as the famous runaway unit leaves town with a MOW train bound for Gladstone, VA. The Smith Creek Yard is visible behind the train, home of the C&O Histo... (more)
A westbound empty grain waits his turn, as a loaded coal train snakes down the mountain towards Clifton Forge. The trees are just starting their turn to Fall colors.
Westbound through Talcott, with a wave to my son, and some Conrail blue trailing. One of the old sidings, from the better days of railroading, is barely visible along the bottom of the shot.
"The Spirit of West Virginia" is only a half-mile from cresting the grade at Alleghany. No pushers today, as 85 loads are no match for a pair of GE's on the .56% ruling grade.
"The Spirit of West Virginia" leading an eastbound train through its namesake. Very fitting.
As the sun falls behind Big Bend Mountain, an eastbound thunders out of the tunnel with 100 loads of coal.
A CSX CAT surfacing team has tied their equipment down in Alderson for the weekend. It's 5:00am, and the fog will hold on for another 5+ hours.
The Cardinal is kicking up the dust as it heads towards an approach medium signal at Big Bend Tunnel.
And then there were none that still wear their Conrail Blue. This lovely lady is leading CSXT 8600 and 32 cars on today's Q303 towards Hinton. This unit is repainted into Yn3 as of 08/2010. 748... (more)
Anticipation
An extra coach, and toaster spice up the Westbound Cardinal today. Didn't help the schedule though, she's still 40 minutes late!
