CSXT 720 Seen here west of Clifton Forge. Now the numbers 720 do not belong to this unt anymore, now it is seen on a new CSX ES44AC.
Now this was a find on the C&O, one in a million, the million GP-40s and GP-9s or so it seemed.
Boring stuff in 1973 but at least it was a 7 and not a 9.
Very nice new paint.
This late model of the basic 40 was shot sometime midyear 1972.
Common unit sits around awaiting something to do.
CSX 7852 waits for the air check to be completed and soon departs out of the yard.
Amtrak's "Cardinal" pulls into Clifton Forge for a quick stop as a surprisingly large crowd watches.
Westbound General Motors special preparing to depart for White Sulphur Springs/The Greenbrier to pick up passengers.
An eastbound train is easing into the yard at Clifton Forge, Virginia, oblivious to the ghosts of the hundreds of railroad workers who toiled away here in the past. (compare this to Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)Locomotive: EMD SD60ILocation: Clifton Forge, Virginia, USALocomotive #: CSXT 8742Train ID: CSX Q302-24Photo Date: March 25, 2007
A train of empty hoppers is preparing to leave Clifton Forge, Virginia, and begin its trip west over the mountains to West Virginia.
CSX 8640 waits for the "ok"
The "Sportsman" departing Clifton Forge
Even under the clouds, with the mountain mist moving in, the old Chessie paint scheme really stood out.
A view of the double yard leads with the old manual scales at the coal yard at Clifton Forge. These scales were replaced by automatic scales on the mainline east of Hinton.
