After a hard day's work, the railgrinder ties down for the night beside the depot in Alderson. The streaks in the left background are a steady stream of traffic that came through tonight to gawk ... (more)
Eastbound grain rushes past Alumni Park, and the giant Christmas tree. Merry Christmas to the fellow members of RP.net!
A long stake out, over parts of three nights, finally produces this photo of an eastbound climbing the west slope of the Alleghany Grade in a 135mm view at 01:49.
Colors, code lines, and a burnt orange station. This is fall on the old C&O! A touch of rainfall helped to make the scene today.
Lots of C&O character still showing in this photo - depot, cantilever signals and pole line - as CSX 8702 hustles a grain train eastward for Hamlet, NC.
The fog starts to roll into the Greenbrier Valley, as a parked grinder lights up the little town of Alderson
This depot will soon be a flagstop for the Cardinal, and has been in the past.
EB loads pass the recently renovated C&O depot at Alderson, WV.