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Nostalgia & History > #2 on the Loup Creek Branch...Date: 07/25/14 05:13 #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: wheel_slip CSXT #2 is getting ready to pull a train on empty hoppers off the C&O mainline at Thurmond, WV and head toward Pax, WV on the Loup Creek Branch on September 13th 2006.
Andy  Date: 07/25/14 06:07 Re: #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: YG Date: 07/25/14 06:15 Re: #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: goneon66 awesome pic......
66 Date: 07/25/14 07:37 Re: #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: Stevo_Weimario Would "WOW!" suffice?
S_W Date: 07/25/14 11:03 Re: #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: Westbound As a native Californian and one who has never been to WV, I find this picture unlike anything seen out west. Looks like a model railroad scene, with city type buildings facing the railroad tracks only a short distance away. Is that a one or two lane road between the railroad and the structures? Is there a street behind the buildings, possibly the Main Street? When the buildings were occupied was there parking in front? Guess what I'm wondering is why everything is so compact?
Date: 07/25/14 11:15 Re: #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: MrTransportation Thank you for posting!
Date: 07/25/14 13:39 Re: #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: MacBeau Westbound Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Guess what I'm > wondering is why everything is so compact? Things are a little snug near the bottom of the hollor, and yes it's a one lane gravel road. Date: 07/26/14 13:08 Re: #2 on the Loup Creek Branch... Author: wheel_slip Westbound Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > As a native Californian and one who has never been > to WV, I find this picture unlike anything seen > out west. Looks like a model railroad scene, with > city type buildings facing the railroad tracks > only a short distance away. Is that a one or two > lane road between the railroad and the structures? > Is there a street behind the buildings, possibly > the Main Street? When the buildings were occupied > was there parking in front? Guess what I'm > wondering is why everything is so compact? Westbound, Sorry for the delay in responding. What you are seeing is the main drag of a town named Thurmond, WV. The depot is on the same side of the tracks as I, located behind me. This town is situated in the bottom of the New River Gorge and right behind those buildings is a mountain. One the other side of the tracks is the New River and more mountains. If you are interested in more information about this place, you can start here: http://thurmondwv.org/ Andy |