Eastern Railroad Discussion > 2 hrs - 15 mins around Keyser, WV - 27 November 2020

1) Friday Morning started out with E745-24, a 230 car empty hopper train arriving at Keyser, WV. The move is to leave 115 cars on the main for another crew to take west. The other crew has already gone on duty at Cumberland and is at Keyser waiting for their cars and power.

2) N788 (left) a 115 car loaded drag arrives at Keyser to set out their mid train DP units off. The DP units will become the power for the 115 cars that E745will leave on the main. E745 (right) pulls ahead to prepare for cutting their train.

3) 4 trains in one shot..... (left to right)
N788 ... pulling east to separate the DP units from their train. 

End Hopper of E745-24 .....

The rear 115 cars from E45 that will become the U053

B772-27 in the east yard putting their train together and waiting their turn to depart for Grafton, WV.

..... More to Follow .... 

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1) Down to 115 empty hoppers, E745-24 is westbound at Piedmont, WV.

2) and 3) With other DP units to return to Grafton and 27 tonnage reduction cars from an earlier Q317, B772-27 is westbound on 17-Mile Grade at Bloomington, MD.

.... More to Follow ...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/20 04:57 by DTWilson.

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1) Last to depart Keyser, U053-27 westbound at Piedmont, WV.... 115 empty hoppers from E745, 2 units that came into town as DP units on N788, and a crew that went on duty in Cumberland, MD with a 20 mile taxi ride to get on their train....


Thanks for stopping by.
TimW.

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Great  report Tim !  Looks like the old days on the West End.  Rumors of the Mountain Sub's death seem a bit exaggerated at least for the time being.  I'd better get down there to watch the show before they change their minds again.  What I'd really like to do is follow one of those monster 2x2x2 Drags out of Grafton and see it grind up Cranberry Grade.  Thanks for keeping us up to date on that Wild West End.

Thank you again Tim for all your photos and updates.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Nicely documented.
Thanks,
Ken