A full moon was quickly covered in thick dark clouds as a westbound enters the block, the Carothers signal giving one last stand before it is dismantled. As if the "railfan" grim reaper t... (more)
Westbound Q37304 passes through the small town of Paw Paw on its way west to Cumberland, MD.
249 pops out of Carothers Tunnel and enters the long stretch of tangent track just east of Paw Paw. Earlier in the day, Jim Johnston caught this train east of here in Sleepy Creek.
A lone AC44 leads a train of empties through Carothers Tunnel, the westernmost of four tunnels on the Magnolia Cutoff.
empty hopper train exits Carothers Tunnel & leans into the curve just east of Paw Paw
The westward CPL signal (called as Carothers) east of Paw Paw, WV is illuminated by an approaching westbound train.
Eastbound CSX Q415 passing the westward CPL (called as Carothers) east of Paw Paw, WV.
Eastbound Q411 exiting east end of Carothers Tunnel.
A westbound CSX empty hopper train illuminates the interior of Carothers Tunnel.
A CSXT "Q" train exits the 1914 Graham tunnel and crosses the Kessler bridge high above the Potomac river.
Ballast train D024 screaming out of Carothers Tunnel and leans into the curve east of Paw Paw. This whole area and the Keystone/Cumberland subs will be changed in the upcoming months and years as... (more)
CSX EMD SD70MAC #4510 pulls its load of Autoracks out of Carothers Tunnel, at the west end of the Magnolia Cutoff.
Q373 exits Carothers Tunnel and into the final stretch to Cumberland.
Eastbound T867 exits the east portal of Carothers Tunnel.