Eastern Railroad Discussion > A Snowy Friday around Keyser, WV - 01 March 2019

Came out of the part-time gig just in time to hear the Defect Detector at 21st. Bridge Rd give the axle count of a westbound.... 944 axles.... Well, we know he's reducing tonnage at Keyser, WV. Snowing like the dickens but the roads were in decent shape, we head over to Keyser to see what's up.

1) E75-28 pulling ahead after dropping off their Conductor... they would set off 100 cars and the trailing two locomotives.

2) Little artsy shot while the emptyman tests his handbrakes "on the cars to be left standing"......

3) A now reduced E750-28 westbound on 17-Mile Grade at Bloomington, MD

... more to follow ...

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1) Another emptyman right on the heels of first one .... E784-28 westbound at Bloomington, MD on 17-Mile Grade.

2) and 3) Q316-28 eastbound descending 17-Mile Grade crossing the Potomac River between Bloomington, MD and Beryl, WV.

... More to Follow ...

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1) Q316-28 passing a Surfacing Gang working on the Keyser Industrial Park lead.

2) Eastbound after stopping in Keyser, WV to pick up the outbound paper mill traffic, Q316-28 at Bull Neck Curve.

3) With a crew that taxi'ed out of Cumberland, MD. The 2 motors and 100 cars that E750 had set out in Keyser earlier are now going west under the symbol U054-01 at Bloomington, MD.

After all this it's time to get to work at the #1 job to make a few dollars to pay the bills...

Thank You for looking !

Tim W.


 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/19 02:47 by DTWilson.

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I like tat artsy shot.  Good stuff.  Tough time to be a surfacing gang.

Thanks as always Tim for the great photos, especially in the snow.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

All great photos from up your way. Really like #2. Great piece of work there!!!
NSSpike

Phil Maton
Villa Rica, GA

Very nice. I was just about to place an order for a 36" x 24" print of the artsy shot, for the living room. But then the wife walked in, and put the caidhp bháis on that idea.
-Ted
 

Nice pics!!

Great post. I also lke the artsy photo with the snow on the couplers.
John