The FRT removed an offending tree branch to enable this shot. Canon EOS 10D w/ 70-200mm F/4L lens. 1/500 sec @ F/8.
NS work train long hood forward at the signal on the interchange siding.
Q261 westbound towards Cumberland MD passes the Jct.
A southbound 11R slows down to meet a train in the siding at Shen.
Although "Overshot", the Junction remains a great place for Westbounds
Capitol Limited passes under the NS H line eastbound to Washington DC.
BNSF power leads CSX Q296 under the NS H Line east towards Baltimore MD.
NS M1R southbound on the NS H Line slows to pull into the siding for a northbound stack train.
NS 227 races north through the West Virginia countryside with the Blue Ridge mountains seen in the distance.
CSX Q130 meets a long and slow Q416 pulling up the hill near SHEN.
Capitol Limited at speed passes the signals at Shen eastward to Washington DC.
L415 crosses back to number 2 track at SHEN after running East on track 1 to avoid slow orders near Martinsburg WV
SD70ACe on the point leads Q398 under the NS H Line bridge
Two Union Pacific engines lead the CSX Q261 autoracks westbound towards Cumberland.
CSX X020 with 15 engines and several cars heads west towards Cumberland.