AVR 3 crosses the Mon and heads back to Glenwood, hauling one of the last cuts of "dirty dirt" gons from an industrial clean-up site in Washington.
An abnormally long AVR 3 returns to Glenwood with a sizeable cut of "dirty dirt" cars from Washington, PA.
With only three cars in tow, AVR 3 appears to be overpowered, but the second unit was needed after picking up a cut of cars at Gambles.
When AVR 3 departed Glenwood, his train was only three cars long. The train's length grew considerably, after picking up a covered hopper and a cut of gons at Gambles.
The first stop for today's AVR 3 is Gambles, where the train has stopped to switch out International Paper.
The AVR's local to Washington passes through Eighty Four, home of 84 Lumber's corporate headquarters.
The town of Washington used to be the midway point on the B&O's W&P sub from Glenwood, PA to Benwood, WV. Today, the town is the end of the line and service is provided Monday through Friday by A... (more)
WJ once control an important junction on the Baltimore-Chicago mainline, allowing trains to connect with the Cumberland-St. Louis main to the south. Today, the tower is closed, the Chicago mainlin... (more)
2638 has left its train on the main and is heading down the somewhat new Galvtech siding. After doing its work there, AVR 3 will head back to Glennwood yard, pick up the rest of its train and head... (more)
Shorty after this shot, the 2638 will break off its train and back down the Galvtech siding, pictured to the left
AVR 3 power is about to cut off and go work the Galvtech siding located on the old Hays Arms Factory site.
AVR 3 returns to Glenwood with cars from Galv Tech, one of the largest shippers on the W&P.
The 2671 is already working hard as the climb through the Streets Run valley begins.