Eastern Railroad Discussion > We Stayed Close to Home Today But Still Scored - 09 August 2020

1) B772-09 westbound crossing the Potomac River between Bloomington, MD and Beryl, WV. With no tonnage reduction cars from the previous nights' Q317, the B772 will go west as light engines to Grafton, WV to return with tonnage reduction cats for Q316 to pick up in Keyser tomorrow.

2) and 3) Q316-07 descending 17-Mile Grade at Bloomington, MD.

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1) Q316-07 departing Keyser, WV after making their pickup.

2) Q316 eastbound near the Keyser Industrial Park at Bull Neck Curve.
 
3) Just east of our home, Q316 eastbound at the Dawson, MD signal. The roadway we are standing on is the former Western Maryland Railway mainline from MD Junction to Elkins... The railroad would swing to the left and parallel the B&O tracks till 21st. Bridge Road where the WM would cross above the B&O and run west along the MD side of the Potomac River and the B&O would cross the River into WV. Now the road bed and bridges service as access into the farms and the Potomac Edison Substation in Black Oak Bottom & Gerstell Hollow.

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N789-08 eastbound thru Keyser, WV with 120 loads after doubling their train in Keyser, WV.

Chores to do ... but still time to catch a little action around Keyser, WV.

Thank You for having look

Tim W.
 

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Hi DTW
Very nice set of pics and series of chasing
Tom, Boylan

It's been forever since I was in Keyser, 2001.  My wife's grandmother's funeral.  Is Z Tower still standing?

BobE

And how many of those units were on line going up grade?  

BobE Wrote:
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> It's been forever since I was in Keyser, 2001. 
> My wife's grandmother's funeral.  Is Z Tower
> still standing?
>
> BobE

Z Tower - Long Gone.

Tominde Wrote:
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> And how many of those units were on line going up
> grade?  

2 maybe 3 units were on-line. The rest are being ferried to the Cumberland, MD shops for inspections and such. A common occurrence.