East bound Capitol Limited running over an hour late tries to make up time heading East at Foley toward Cumberland.

A CSX coal drag fights gravity on it's way east to Cumberland.

A pair of SD40-2's lift westbound Q217 up the East Slope of Sand Patch Grade.

A single SD50 brings up the rear of westbound Q217 as it climbs the east slope of Sand Patch Grade. Although still a nice shot, the look from the Foley Overlook has gone downhill since the remova... (more)

2 trains in 1. B246 helper ahead of the Q368. I was a bit disappointed when it rounded the bend on the upper hand of the frame when I saw the SD50 leading instead of the BNSF. **NOTE THIS IS A ... (more)

The B246-14 is in 8th notch on the rear of the Q375 as they work against gravity to the summit of the Alleghanies at Sand Patch less than five miles away. CANON EOS 50D

Q275-02 works the grade at FO on Sand Patch on this very very cold and windy afternoon

Eastbound Q368 grinds down grade just east of Foley and crosses Wills Creek on one of the many bridges. Just seconds after this shot was taken the rain turned to snow, and it snowed for about 1.5.... (more)

CSX Q375 is in 8TH notch as he luggs it out on the east slope of Sand Patch grade with an SD60 and a ES44DC shoving hard on the rear hoping to win their fight with gravity. CANON EOS 50D

W05524 with CSXT 5864 is heading back up hill with B24 shoving on the rear of 25 side dump cars, just hours after the train came east, and the Cumberland Yardmaster told the crew they went to far ... (more)

CSXT 5864 leads, W05524 a loaded Herzog side dump train, up hill at the Foley Overlook as CSXT 8595 shoves on the rear. Having just missed this train earler heading down hill, we got as second ch... (more)

Running along Wills Creek, the Capitol Limited with AMTK 51 & 19 brings 9 passenger cars down the east slope of Sand Patch grade, as seen from Foley overlook, on a bright summer day.

CSXT 7914 & 5470, lead there short Q13029 eastbound on the west slope, alongside Wills Creek, heading for there crew change in Cumberland, MD., 25 miles away.

A single SD50 shoves westbound Q217 up the east slope of Sand Patch Grade at Foley.