With colors still decent along Alleghany grade, Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal blasts through Moss Run with Amtrak's dull dome "Ocean View" bringing up the rear.

Operating track speed along the scenic Alleghany Subdivision, Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal leans into a rocky cut at E.E. Alleghany.

Leading Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal for the first time, Amtrak's Phase III heritage # 145 blasts through St. Albans.

The eastbound Cardinal passes under the soon to be gone C&O signals.

The Eastbound Cardinal crosses the New River around the sharpest curve on the old C&O at 10 mph.

Amtrak and C&O heritage on the Eastbound Cardinal.

On a beautiful summer morning, Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal glides through Hawks Nest and MA Cabin.

Amtrak 50 has just completed the 10MPH speed restriction over the Hawks Nest Bridge as she negotiates the New River Gorge. The train is on time this morning, a rarity for this time of year when ex... (more)

The Eastbound Cardinal crosses the New River at Hawks Nest.

Deep in Appalachia, Amtrak 50, the eastbound Cardinal knocks down the WS Cabin interlocking, approaching the White Sulphur Springs Depot. To my right, out of the scene is the location of The Green... (more)

The eastbound Cardinal arrives at its brief station stop of Thurmond, deep in the New River Gorge. It was a rainy morning, but an Amtrak photo on Amtrak's birthday seemed appropriate.

No. 50, the eastbound Cardinal, blasts through Marmet on a beautiful spring morning.

Running a few minutes late and just minutes out of the station stop at White Sulphur Springs, Amtrak 51 and 77 lead the eastbound Cardinal at Tuckahoe, WV.

The eastbound Cardinal approaches Thurmond Station on a beautiful fall like morning. The Cardinal picked up 17 boy scouts in Thurmond this day for a quick train ride over to Prince.

Amtrak P050, the eastbound Cardinal crosses over the C&O trestle in the valley of Ansted.