CA's formerly complex interlocking has been removed, but the tower still stands, more than 20 years after its closure.
Excellent! Coal cars drag uphill at Terra Alta as the N741 prepares to watch the train brakes down the 2.2% grade to Rowlesburg.
There's no better way to break in new locomotives than mid-train helper service on Cranberry!
Sunshine has given way to clouds, making this the last sunlit shot I was able to get while chasing E101.
This is the view from the bridge in photo 52051.
Eastbound coal drag cresting the summit of Briery Mountain with 81 loaded coal cars and two additional ACs shoving on the rear.
A quartet of CW44AC's up front and another pair positioned midtrain lift CSX Q316 up the final stretch of Cranberry Grade on a beautiful fall day.
T867 climbs up out of "the hole" as it reaches the summit at Terra Alta.
Cresting Cranberry Grade in the fog.
A sight that every rail photographer should see and hear - a loaded coal train working up the grade at Terra Alta!
M&K helpers ("River Rats") cut off eastbound coal drag after shoving up Cranberry Grade.