Emerging from the late afternoon shadows, 317 approaches Piedmont and the base of legendary 17 Mile Grade.
Modern power leads V655 past one of the surviving classic B&O CPLs on the Mountain Sub.
E752 heads westward through Piedmont, W.Va in the heavy snowfall, towing SD80MAC 809. Canon EOS 10D w/ 70-200mm F/4L lens. 1/200 sec @ F/7.1.
If it wasn't for the B&O CPL signal, this scene could probably pass for the N&W main in southern West Virginia. It's actually the B&O Mountain Sub, which has seen a good bit of interesting foreig... (more)