A vintage station, active interlocking tower, and multi-track CPL signal bridge mark Hancock as one of the most interesting locations on CSX's Cumberland Sub. It will be interesting to see how mu... (more)
This mty coal drag has just come off the Lurgan from Hagerstown. Canon EOS 10D w/ 300mm F/4L IS lens. 1/320 sec. @ F/7.1.
CSX's most modern engines meet vintage railroad technology in Hancock. Relics from the past in this scene include the tower, signal bridge, station, and a caboose!
The Operation Redblock paint scheme on this caboose was a good one until it was tarnished by graffiti.
Sweet consist passes HO Tower and Hancock Yard on a beautiful fall day.
Something very new meets something very old. Note the tower and manual switch machines are still in use, if you look in the window you can see part of the operator's shadow.
The scene in Hancock which hasn't changed much over the years. Only when the widecabs go by does this scene look any different.
A different perspective of a GP40-2.
A CSX caboose sits on a siding while a plane prepares for landing. I caught a bi-plane go by too.... was higher up though.
On a beautiful day, Q373 heads eastward. He has a big consist, interesting power (Diversity unit), and is crossing from 1 to 2. Two types of signals are in the shot, a yard, a tower, a freight s... (more)
D774 backs towards US Sillica.
The front of a reverse move D774... A caboose and an unpatched Chessie, C&O car.
Q296 pulls back to pick up the rest of his train after setting off a few auto parts boxcars for the GM plant in Martinsburg.
D774 does a little switching before heading down to Berkeley Springs.
P030 plows through Hancock with its usual consist.