2007 Railfan Safari
Author: Rob Kitchen
Photo Gallery
Obviously not a railfan as this biker speeds past the busy Cumberland hump.
The modernized engine terminal at Grafton.
The modernized engine terminal at Grafton.
A boarded up tower on the old B&O Mountian Subdivision
An eastbound coal train is leaving the yard at Cumberland, Marland.
The restored B&O caboose at the Oakland, Maryland, station.
An eastbound train deep in the hills of eastern West Virginia on the old B&O Mountain Subdivsion.
This photo of the engine terminal at Grafton was taken by my 8 year old son.
An eastbound local on the ex-Pennsy Cumberland Valley mainline is quickly heading into the clear for a westbound empty coal train.
A westbound empty coal train is heading into Hagerstown on the old Pennsy Cumberland Valley mainline.
A westbound coal train, from Elk Run Juction, passing through Bloomingrose, West Virginia.
A westbound coal train departing Danville, West Virginia.
A silent empty coal train in the yard at Danville, West Virginia.
A silent empty coal train in the yard at Danville, West Virginia.
Miscellaneous power at Danville, West Virginia.
Handle with care???? One of a pile of torn up hoppers on the CSX Big Coal Subdivision at Dartmont, West Virginia.
A pile of parts from some torn up hoppers on the CSX Big Coal Subdivision at Dartmont, West Virginia.
Silent power at the east end of the yard at Elk Run Junction, West Virginia.
An eastbond train of empty hoppers is arriving at the yard at Elk Run Junction, West Virginia.
An eastbond train of empty hoppers has arrived at the yard at Elk Run Junction, West Virginia.
An eastbound train of empty coal hoppers is heading for Elk Run Juction, West Virginia.
The Fork Creek shifter is passing through Sproul, West Virginia, and about to head up the Big Coal Subdivision.
An eastbound coal train passing the Amtrak station at Charleston, West Virginia
An eastbound coal train passing the Amtrak station at Charleston, West Virginia
An eastbond train is arriving at the yard at Clifton Forge, Virginia.
An eastbound coal train is departing Clifton Forge, Virginia.
An eastbound coal train is departing Clifton Forge, Virginia.
The westbound Amtrak Cardinal arriving at Clifton Forge, Virginia
An eastbound passing my old office at Cabin Creek Junction.
The head end of the Gauley shifter in the yard at Deepwater.
An eastbound emerging from Big Bend Tunnel at Talcott, West Virginia.
This photo of an eastbound CSX train at Cabin Creek Junction was taken by my 8 year old son.
A trio of old Norfolk & Western mine shifter cabooses at the east end of the yard at Elmore, West Virginia.
A single unit at the yard office at Elmore, West Virginia.
Switching on the main at the west end of Mullens, West Virginia.
Switching on the main at the west end of Mullens, West Virginia.
A trio of tunnel motors at the Georgia Pacific plant at Mt. Hope, West Virginia.
An eastbound train is passing the abandoned and abused CW Cabin at the west end of the abandoned west yard at Hinton, West Virginia.
Westbound being recrewed at CW Cabin.
The Sewell Valley crew with two units and five empty hoppers is climbing the almost 4% grade on ohe Sewell Valley branch.
The silent power for the Sewell Valley shifter in the yard at Meadow Creek, West Virginia.
An eastbound train arriving at MX Cabin at the east end of Hinton yard.
A second eastbound train is arriving at MX Cabin at the east end of Hinton yard.
An eastbound train at the east end of the yard at Hinton, West Virginia.