217 works upgrade at Foley, one of the most scenic locations on Sand Patch's east slope.
Fall colors about peak
Q130 rolls down Sandpatch past FO on a hazy, hot and humid late summer morning.
An unusual pairing of SD40-2s lead an eastbound intermodal by the overlook at Foley.
Q388 drops downgrade through Foley on a clear fall morning.
3 hours in the hole
AMTK 30 heads east through the cut at Foley PA enroute to Cumberland Maryland
When the sun moved to the other side of the tracks I had this shot all planned out, but it seems that maybe if the leader had a little more color it would have been better. You be the judge.
CSX Q139, with an ex-Conrail 60I, cruises through falls cut tunnel all alone on it's journey up the mountain.
CSX rack train Q217 grinds up the grade at Foley with two GE's up front and a single helper in the back.
A Cumberland bound manifest slowly makes it's way down Sand Patch grade passing through Foley on a sunny fall morning.
Whats the chance of a class 1 road freight having eight standard cab locomotives and all but one in the same paint scheme?
Eastbound autorack train along Wills Creek.
Pair of standard cabs leading eastbound grain train.
At the end of a good day on Sand Patch, a W&LE grain train descends the east slope. Looks like the 2nd unit is having some mechanical problems!