No confusion in this yard, where the switches are labeled!
For a shot of another switchstand with similar labeling, albeit not so close-up, see shot Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)Locomotive: Location: Hancock, West Virginia, USALocomotive #: UnknownTrain ID: UnknownPhoto Date: July 28, 2007
A brand new Safetran signal awaits installation in Hancock, perhaps with the assistance of the maintenance truck in the background.
It is sunset, not only on the train, but on several background elements of this scene. The CPL signal bridge is soon to be replaced by the new silver bridge whose legs already rise behind it, and... (more)
Only signal maintenance people usually get a view like this! A new Safetrans signal bridge lies on the ground (one signal turned sideways, one already pointed forward), awaiting installation as t... (more)
Last days for the B&O CPL signal bridge at Hancock as the Safetrans legs are already standing and the bridge is on the ground awaiting installation. Note track to nowhere; the track layout in the... (more)
A westbound manifest freight thunders past HO Tower at Hancock at about 4:00 on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
After setting off a coal car that caught on fire, U830 gets ready to "knock" down the eastbound clear signal at Hancock, WV, to resume its trip to the Port of Baltimore, MD, from Somerset Mine in ... (more)
A westbound train of empty hoppers speeds across the Potomac River plain east of Hancock, West Virginia.
21 years of service on the B&O mainline along the Potomac River in Northern West Virginia.
Q226 passes the yard at Hancock, approaching the tower. Third autorack train of the morning!
Thoughts as the train approached: Hmm, the nose isn't yellow, it's red! Santa Fe? No, too much cherry red. Hmm, it's CP! Wow!
Lots of autoracks moving on this snowy day.
Who decides to clean only the door of a locomotive?
Q416 breaks the morning silence with a thunderous roar as it accellerates by HO Tower. See EXIF data for shot details.
A clean dash-7 sits between MOW duties. For two other shots of the yard on that day, see 165613 and Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)Locomotive: GE C36-7Location: Hancock, West Virginia, USALocomotive #: CSXT 7138Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 04, 2004
