Fairhope, PA, October, 1998 - A former B&O GP-38 in Chessie System colors leads a former Seaboard System SD-40-2 downhill along the winding Wills Creek, deep in the mountains along CSX's Sand Patc... (more)

Q261-21 @ Foley overlook

Capitol Limited makes its daily eastbound trip down Sand Patch grade @ Fairhope

U855-26 decends the east slope of sand patch grade at Fairhope

A westbound mixed freight pulls upgrade threw falls cut tunnel.

The thick fog still hangs around further up the mountain, but starts to clear here at Fairhope as Q394 races down the Sand Patch Grade with foreign power leading the way.

Q359 grinds through the curves and rock cuts at Fairhope heading upgrade.

An eastbound B&O automotive train drops downgrade at Fairhope, PA on November 22, 1981, led by WM GP40-2 No. 4355.

Westbound Q135 passes the Maxwell signals as it climbs the east slope of Sand Patch Grade.

Three different CSX paint schemes lead Q166 into Fairhope, PA on a beautiful fall morning.

An eastbound train powered by three standard cab units and loaded with ribbon rail makes it's way down Sandpatch grade at Fairhope/

U865-01 westbound at Falls Cut Tunnel. Rain in the area over the last few days filled in the local natives well known and dangerous swimming hole.. to see the hole just one week earlier Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Fairhope, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 470
Train ID: CSX U865
Photo Date: October 02, 2010

Q165-02 just short of Falls Cut Tunnel