As this photo shows, railroading is a 24/7 job. In all types of weather, at all times of the day or night, railroads move the freight. In the instance of the Hitop branch and Secondary, this means coal and chemicals, and lots of it. Coal moves both east and west, from connections with the C&O at Gauley Bridge, to the N&W, ex-Virginian at Alloy, or Deepwater Bridge depending on which railroad you’re on.
Taken with several flash bulbs, we see a run through from the C&O headed back to Gauley Bridge with B&O and C&O hoppers in tow, with old wooden caboose 90707 bringing up the rear end. Taken on a warm summer night at about 11PM, you can almost hear the crickets chirping, as this freight clears the east end of Dickinson yard.
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I have been a railfan since the age of 6, and a modeler since the age of fourteen. This is my first fully (well not quite) completed model railroad. I fell in love with trains early in life, ride them when I can, have volunteered on many steam fan trips and have ridden many more steam excursion trips, have belonged to several model rr clubs, and did a stint as a brakeman/conductor on a midwest regional railroad. My layout was published in Model Railroader magazine in 2016. I hope all of you enjoy the ride here on my sites! I now have the second blog/website up for my other hobby: wargaming with Flames Of War. I have been involved in wargaming off and on since my teens......
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