The big push for plant rationalization in the seventies inspired C&O to rip one of two main tracks in the New River Gorge. This work train has finished for the day after picking up rip up debris.
A westbound grain train illuminates the H828 Quinnemont local which is waiting to clear up off the Loup Creek branch. Thurmond is an eerie, yet magical place that when busy is extremely entertaini... (more)
The power for the 1989 train was CSX FP7 #118 and CSX F7B #119. CSX #118 started life in 1952 as Clinchfield #200 and is currently West Virginia Central (Western Maryland) #67.
A pair of CXT GE units are running around their empty coal train to take it back to the mine under a misty background. The old concrete coal dock is a remnant of the steam era.