Last Light Above the Trace Fork
Tired Norfolk Southern C44-9W 9424 leads empty coal train S0N over the Trace Fork trestle in Amanote, VA. With mere moments of sunlight left the empty Weller, VA, bound coal bucket cruised downhill over the massive Norfolk and Western built trestle in beautiful golden sun. This bridge flies the NS Dry Fork branch to Iager, West Virginia, from Richland VA, way above the tiny Trace Fork creek. The remote branch line the train is seen running on gets a handful of trains per month these days. A far cry from a few years ago when daily 8-10 movements would ply these rails ferrying Appalachia coal in all directions.
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Last Light Above the Trace Fork
Tired Norfolk Southern C44-9W 9424 leads empty coal train S0N over the Trace Fork trestle in Amanote, VA. With mere moments of sunlight left the empty Weller, VA, bound coal bucket cruised downhill over the massive Norfolk and Western built trestle in beautiful golden sun. This bridge flies the NS Dry Fork branch to Iager, West Virginia, from Richland VA, way above the tiny Trace Fork creek. The remote branch line the train is seen running on gets a handful of trains per month these days. A far cry from a few years ago when daily 8-10 movements would ply these rails ferrying Appalachia coal in all directions.
Thanks for looking!