Eastern Railroad Discussion > Valley Falls State Park Fairmont Sub Out of Grafton W Va

Hi Guys 
Here a few pics from Valley Falls State Park where the B&O now CSX Fairmont Sub runs thru the middle of the park and beside the water falls
heading to Fairmont W Va
We just missed the emptyhopper train that I posted thru this area,good place to railfan as there is picnic are tables both side of the tracks ,drink machines and
places for kids to play
1st pic is looking towards Fairmont
 2nd & 3rd pics are looking towards Grafton W VA
Location is about 10 miles out of Grafton down Country Club Rd or Rt 310 same Rd then turn into left Valley Falls State Park & Rock Lake & saty to the left all the way to the tracks
Stay tuned for more
Tom Boylan

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Hi Guys
Here is the overhead walkway bridge over the tracks at Valley Falls W Va ,good filming from this bridge and walking down to the falls
Tom Boylan

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Hi Guys
Here is a different view of the falls at Valley Falls State park beside the railroad
Tom Boylan

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Hi Guys
My friend Sam ran into this snake ,probably water snake instead of copperhead at Valley Falls and filmed it while we were railfanning and checking the falls
Tom Boylan

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Is that walkway bridge a former RR ROW? If so, what's the history of that former line?

train544 Wrote:
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> Hi Guys
> My friend Sam ran into this snake ,probably water
> snake instead of copperhead at Valley Falls and
> filmed it while we were railfanning and checking
> the falls
> Tom Boylan
If that's a water moccasin, stay away, they are poisonous snakes and they do live in that area.  Be very careful.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Hi Milwaukee
No that bridge is just a walkway bridge about wide enough for golf carts made from side bbeams from a small rail bridge 
so people copuld walk across over the tracks to the falls and other parts of the park
Tom Boylan

Cool location ! Never seen a photo from that spot.  Nice healthy looking water snake by the way.

When I saw those benches in the park, my first thougth was, hey they are facing the wrong way.

A 2011 view from the footbridge.

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This is a nonvenomous watersnake. The pattern is very reduced so I can't tell which species, but the absence of vertical pupils mark this as nonvenomous. Still becareful for cottonmouths though!

ClubCar Wrote:
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> train544 Wrote:
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> > Hi Guys
> > My friend Sam ran into this snake ,probably
> water
> > snake instead of copperhead at Valley Falls and
> > filmed it while we were railfanning and
> checking
> > the falls
> > Tom Boylan
> If that's a water moccasin, stay away, they are
> poisonous snakes and they do live in that area. 
> Be very careful.
> John in White Marsh, Maryland

No cottonmouth habitat in West Virginia, but the State DNR is putting up signs like this in selected state parks where timber rattlers are numerous.

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Tom, thanks for the pictures and directions to get to this spot. Anyone know how much traffic travels this track ?
Thanks,
John



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/20 14:52 by jmbreitigan.