Eastern Railroad Discussion > How About Some Std Cabs in the Snow .... 25 Jan 2023

Lunch Break from Work .....

1) At 21st. Bridge RD, MD ... U158-25 comes west out of Cumberland, MD light engine move. The job was called to take scrap wagons from Keyser, WV to be loaded at the demolition site in Beryl, WV. A 4 axle locomotive is required due to a restriction on non-steerable truck 6 axle units on the Thomas Sub.

2) and 3) U158 at the Main Street crossing in Keyser, WV. Due to loading issues with the locomotive, no cars were spotted today.

.... More to Follow ....

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1) W001-25 eastbound passing a 200 car empty hopper train on Bull Neck Curve at the Keyser, WV Industrial Park. The emptyman is waiting for the plant at Keyser to clear so they can split their train into two separate trains for the trip over the mountains to Grafton, WV

2) While not a photo of a Std Cab locomotive..... Rear of W001-25 passing the DP units in the middle of the empty hopper train.

Tim W.
 

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Thank you again Tim for the updated photos from the Cumberland area.  They are always appreciated for sure.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

i think 2756 is the last 38-2 left in yellow nose 2 paint

twl

The name "21st Bridge" goes way back. It appears in an entry in a diary kept by a Union soldier stationed there during the Civil War, detailed to guard the B&O west of Cumberland against Captain James McNeill's Confederate partisan rangers.

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