The C&O Chapel Hill brings up the rear of the train during a stop at the Charleston Amtrak Station.

In the final light of the day, the westbound Cardinal winds through Hilldale, east of Hinton.

The Westbound Cardinal is boarding six passengers on a snowy night at Prince.

Baggage service on Amtrak's Cardinal is still a fairly new procedure as the Charleston Ticket Agent converses with an Amtrak conductor during the routing station stop in Charleston.

Westbound P051 charges through rural Virginia on it's journey to Clifton Forge and points west on the C&O.

Amtrak 51, the westbound Cardinal idles in downtown Huntington on a humid June night. Baggage service on the Cardinal was established in May of 2010 adding a bit of variety to the otherwise dull c... (more)

The Eastbound Cardinal passes thru rural Anstead,WVa but the location is better known as Hawks Nest

Amtrak P051, the westbound Cardinal sits idling at the Charleston Amtrak Station as a considerable amount of passengers board the Chicago bound train.

Amtrak P051, the Westbound Cardinal zips by St. Albans running just over an hour late.

The westbound Cardinal knocks down the signal at the Barboursville Scales for one last time. By August 19th (Wednesday), this massive cantilever was just a memory. For the past 50+ years, this cla... (more)

The westbound Cardinal rounds the curve at Hawks Nest and heads for the bridge.

As the evening slowly winds down to an end, CSX P051 can be seen running west through the New River Valley just east of MA Cabin (signal visible in bottom right).

The calm before the storm. Amtrak Cardinal # 51 highballs westbound through St. Albans. The sky looks peaceful in this image, although on the trip back home (less than ten minutes away), several l... (more)

A Northbound P051 Amtrak passes by the MP 141.1 signal on the CSX Monon Sub bound for Lafayette and then onto Chicago.

Amtrak 51 blasts through the crossing at Elmwood Place. Note the police car, who 30 seconds earlier questioned why we were standing by the tracks at 2 in the morning. After explaining our hobby, h... (more)