CSXT568_B282helper_TerraAltaWV_3

A pretty impressive plume of heat blasts from the exhaust of the B282 helper set, having just crested the Cranberry Grade at Terra Alta and now pressing on for the 17-Mile Grade, ranked as one of the most difficult descents of a Class 1 railroad in the US

Date: 10/06/2008

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CSXT799_T864_AustenWV

ES44AH #799 leads T864 Eastbound in Austen, WV just a few miles East of Grafton, WV.

Date: 10/06/2008

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CSXT799_T864_Irontown

T864 seen here rounding the bend at Irontown, WV.

Date: 10/06/2008

Views: 47

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CSXT7784_Q316_EastGraftonWV

Q316, one of two manifest trains still serving the Mountain Sub heads East past old Grafton Tower (GN)

Date: 10/06/2008

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CSXT568_B282helper_CrellinMD

The B282 Helpers are seen here passing behind a farm in rural Western Maryland.

Date: 10/06/2008

Views: 48

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CSXT568_B282helper_TerraAltaWV

Eastbound helpers seen passing the old interlocking tower Terra Alta, WV the crest of the Cranberry Grade.

Date: 10/06/2008

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CSXT568_B282helper_TerraAltaWV_2

2nd capture of the helpers in Terra Alta.

Date: 10/06/2008

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CSX275_GraftonWV

I was hoping to get a chance to shoot the KCS "Belles" pushing coal trains up the Cranberry Grade on this trip. Unfortunately, they never turned a wheel while I was in town.

Date: 10/06/2008

Views: 110

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CSXT568_B282helper_AmblersburgWV

The helpers, a pair of YN3 GE AC4400's (CW44AH) are seen here pushing an Eastbound T846 up the Cranberry Grade in West Virginia.

Date: 10/06/2008

Views: 75

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