As the shadows of the hills creep in, Amtrak's Chicago-bound Cardinal departs its flagstop in Thurmond, deep in the New River Gorge, as seen from the Concho Rim Overlook.
A Rare Find! While waiting in Thurmond for one of the 1987 New River Trains to pass through, I photographed this box car sitting beside the Engine Shed. It wasn't until recently that I came across... (more)
Emissions from the stack of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 trail back over its train loaded with West Virginia coal. The westbound train is negotiating the S-curve approaching Thurmond, West Virginia... (more)