NS #812 at Lincoln
The last train of the trip was much like the first; Central of Georgia Heritage by classic signals. We had seen the #8101 go north on the KNWA the day before but figured it would trail on the way back south. To our delight the power was wyed with the train arriving into Elmore around 10am and a crew called for 15:00 to bring it to Gilbert. Josh and I thought it'd be well after dark by the time we saw it with how slow trains ran the previous four days on the Guyandotte. We decided to make the trek into the rock cut and signals at 'Lincoln' anyways where we shot U86 and #821 and decided to wait til last light for the chance #812 with the CofG would show up. Luckily the dispatcher set up a meet with #812 & #821 at Mada which gave the sun time to swing around to illuminate the signals but it'd only be another 30 minutes before the sun dipped behind the mountain! No doubt the light would be better in the summer but you wont find me hiking and climbing on the rock cut then with the amount of snakes we saw.
Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8101 leads coal train #812 (Quincy, WV - Lamberts Point, VA) past the Virginian Railway searchlight bracket at 'Lincoln' on the Guyandotte River Branch.
NS #812 at Lincoln
The last train of the trip was much like the first; Central of Georgia Heritage by classic signals. We had seen the #8101 go north on the KNWA the day before but figured it would trail on the way back south. To our delight the power was wyed with the train arriving into Elmore around 10am and a crew called for 15:00 to bring it to Gilbert. Josh and I thought it'd be well after dark by the time we saw it with how slow trains ran the previous four days on the Guyandotte. We decided to make the trek into the rock cut and signals at 'Lincoln' anyways where we shot U86 and #821 and decided to wait til last light for the chance #812 with the CofG would show up. Luckily the dispatcher set up a meet with #812 & #821 at Mada which gave the sun time to swing around to illuminate the signals but it'd only be another 30 minutes before the sun dipped behind the mountain! No doubt the light would be better in the summer but you wont find me hiking and climbing on the rock cut then with the amount of snakes we saw.
Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8101 leads coal train #812 (Quincy, WV - Lamberts Point, VA) past the Virginian Railway searchlight bracket at 'Lincoln' on the Guyandotte River Branch.