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.
Passing by a B&O CPL at Paw Paw, eastbound empties head for Hancock on the Magnolia Cutoff.
CSX Q415 knocks down the B&O CPL at Paw Paw, east on the Magnolia Cutoff. The B&O CPL's days are limited on the Cut off, with the National Gateway Project most likely including an upgrade in signa... (more)
The headlights of the westbound Capitol Limited silhouettes the B&O Carothers Tunnel on CSX's Magnolia Cutoff.
An oncoming clear signal for CSX Q415 stands guard at W.E. Carothers as a full moon rises in the background.
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.
The Amtrak Capitol Limited passes by a vintage B&O CPL on it's journey east towards Washington D.C, following CSX's Magnolia Cutoff.
Eastbound Q411 exiting east end of Carothers Tunnel.
A westbound CSX empty hopper train illuminates the interior of Carothers Tunnel.