Ahead of CPH's New River Train, CSX Train Q136 high-balls through the small town of Thurmond so it does not interfere with the New River Train. Thanks to Joe Gonzalez for making this angle possibl... (more)
On this cold and snowy January day the old signlas at Riffle are still guiding through the area. But they were on borrowed time as just over two months later they would be gone.
Sunrise in the Gorge. 1800 feet below, Eastbound intermodal Q136 begins to traverse the one mile wide horseshoe curve around the base of Backus Mountain.
Looking at this scene in any book or on the web and you would easily know it was at Paw Paw, WV. The tunnel in the distance is Carothers Tunnel, the western most on the B&O Magnolia Cutoff. NOTICE... (more)