Eastern Railroad Discussion > In and Around Keyser, WV - 10 thru 15 February 2018

Saturday - 10 February 2018

1) B772-10 assembles their train in the east yard at Keyser, WV. The other 6 motors are being returned to Grafton after arriving in Keyser on various coals drags that where combined with other trains going east.

2) Westbound at Piedmont, WV.... B772-10 heads west with 8 Motors, 1- empty and 23 loads of Sand.

3) Q317-10 Westbound off the "Single Main" at Cumberland, MD

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/18 06:37 by DTWilson.

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Sunday, 11 February 2018

1) B770-11 crew returning from Cumberland with a replacement motor for the slug set currently assigned to the yard at Beryl, WV. The slug set went Bad Order the shift before requiring the daylight crew to taxi to Cumberland for a replacement. Westbound at the Lowndes Signal on track #2 to run around the Q317 ahead.

2) and 3) B770-11 westbound at Bul Neck Curve outside Keyser, WV.

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Nice photos. Is it just me or does that track in the first photo look kind of bad?

1) Q317-11 westbound on 17-Mile Grade at Bloomington, MD

2) and 3) Several loads of new rail spotted in Q317-11 at Bloomington, MD

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1) B772-11 eastbound crossing the Potomac River between Bloomington, MD and Beryl, WV returning from Grafton with 39 cars for Q316 to pickup at Keyser, WV the next day.

2) B772-11 eastbound at Keymont, WV.

3) Some Side Dump cars on the rear of B772-11 at Keymont, WV

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/18 12:16 by DTWilson.

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Monday, 12 February 2018

1) E781-11 westbound on 17-Mile Grade at Bloomington, MD

2) Q317-12 westbound arriving at Keyser, WV. In the power mix is 4 Gensets that were recently reported as sold and a capped GP38-2.

3) The capped and dead Gensets. #1302, 1314, 1316, 1317, along with the 2628.

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1) N769-11 sits on track #2 waiting for the Condutor to return to the headend after they combined their train with a earlier N999 that was already tied down at Keyser.

2) N769-11 eastbound at Bull Neck Curve.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/18 12:17 by DTWilson.

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Tuesday, 13 February 2018

1) Q317-13 arriving at Keyser, WV. A small train by current standards with only 180 axles, they would set out 15 cars for the WVC Junction yard. In a change from normal operations were a Q317 would reduce tonnage, this day they would pick up 29 cars to take west to Grafton.

2) B770-13 in the east yard picking up the inbound traffic from the day before as the Q317-13 comes to a stop on track #1. Track Inspector passing along side on track #2.

3) Returning to the Junction.... B770-13 on the Interchange Track meets the Q316-11 at Piedmont, WV. The Q train will crossover to track #2 and stop at Keyser to pick up the cars that B772 and B770 have left there.

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1) Q316-11 eastbound at Keymont, WV

2) Fullhouse.. or Everybody needs in the east yard at the same time. The bad order Slug-Set sits with the outbound traffic on the Freight Track as the Q316-11 (center) sits on track #2 and Q317-13 sits on track #1. Both Q trains needed to work the east yard to make their pickups.

3) With a short train, Q316 pulled east of the plant and accessed their pick up thru the east end switch. Pictured here, Q316 switches out a long flat to reposition it in their train.

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Wednesday , 14 February 2018

1) N768-13 descending 17-Mile Grade at Bloomington, MD

2) Q317-14 westbound at Bull Neck Curve.... Not the shot I was hoping for but it works.

3) What I was hoping for, was to get the B770 working the Industrial Park with the Q317 passing them. Instead the B770 finished up quickly and was departing "The Park" as Q317 passed by.

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Thursday, 15 February 2018

1) Early morning catches the N733-14 eastbound crossing the Potomac River between Bloomington, MD and Beryl, WV

2) Q317-15 westbound at 21st. Bridge Rd., MD.

Thank You for looking...
DT Wilson

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WLE2679 Wrote:
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> Nice photos. Is it just me or does that track in
> the first photo look kind of bad?

It's yard trackage. Looks like it needs some attention from a Surfacing Crew but in the past couple of years they have put a bunch of ties under it.

They need to hang onto that 6397. Thats an ex RF&P unit.

Randy

Really like the framing of the second photo of the first batch. Well done.

Thanks for posting these. Seems like a busy line. Primarily local traffic or are there overhead trains from other areas?

Wow! Lots of good photos there, Thanks for taking the time to post with informative captions. I'm a little confused by the B772 going across the Potomac, 10th and 11th image). Isn't that the ex-Western Maryland track to Mount Storm under the bridge on the nearside, making this train eastbound?

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Wow! Lots of good photos there, Thanks for taking
> the time to post with informative captions. I'm a
> little confused by the B772 going across the
> Potomac, 10th and 11th image). Isn't that the
> ex-Western Maryland track to Mount Storm under the
> bridge on the nearside, making this train
> eastbound?


Correct. Former B&O above, Former Western Maryland Railway Thomas Sub to Bayard, WV Below.

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King_Coal Wrote:
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> Thanks for posting these. Seems like a busy line.
> Primarily local traffic or are there overhead
> trains from other areas?

Not as busy as some lines. There are days that only the Locals and the two thru Freights are the only action. This past week there were 3 Loaded drags for the Mt. Storm Power Station but all 3 of them moved at night.

DTWilson Wrote:
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> 1) B772-11 westbound crossing the Potomac River
> between Bloomington, MD and Beryl, WV returning
> from Grafton with 39 cars for Q316 to pickup at
> Keyser, WV the next day.
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>

I believe that to be an eastbound train entering West Virginia. HAve shot many photos from that bridge, with the old WM Thomas Sub underneath.

Art House

WLE2679 Wrote:
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> Nice photos. Is it just me or does that track in
> the first photo look kind of bad?


Looks like regular yard track to me.