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The NF&G
A railroad, or should I say a paper railroad, that I have long been interested in is the Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbriar Railroad - a New York Central/Chesapeake & Ohio 50/50 venture into the coal fields of West Virginia. Long story short both roads felt they had rights to the area, and ended up doing a 50/50 joint venture. Much of the "C&O side" is still in tact today, as CSX still runs trains up from Meadow Creek, WV to Rainelle, WV and the mines beyond. However the "NYC side", which ran west to Swiss, WV has largely been pulled up except for this brief little section here at Swiss, WV. This at one point was the "end" of the NF&G for the C&O, and the "beginning" of it for the NYC.
Today KNWA trains traveling to and from the High Power Mountain loadout near Summersville, WV operate on this section of rail, albeit it is a handful of moves per week at absolute best. The trains take the ex-NYC West Virginia Secondary north from Dickinson Yard to Swiss, where they briefly run over the old NF&G for a few miles, before hanging a left at Peters Jct back onto all-NYC trackage. (The NF&G hangs a right at Peters Jct, and runs east to Rainelle).
This was something I have wanted to shoot for a long, long time and was thrilled to finally get it on 2-26-21. The little blue structure you see on the right is actually an old C&O phone booth, one of the last reminders this was once the land of NYC & C&O coal operations.
The NF&G
A railroad, or should I say a paper railroad, that I have long been interested in is the Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbriar Railroad - a New York Central/Chesapeake & Ohio 50/50 venture into the coal fields of West Virginia. Long story short both roads felt they had rights to the area, and ended up doing a 50/50 joint venture. Much of the "C&O side" is still in tact today, as CSX still runs trains up from Meadow Creek, WV to Rainelle, WV and the mines beyond. However the "NYC side", which ran west to Swiss, WV has largely been pulled up except for this brief little section here at Swiss, WV. This at one point was the "end" of the NF&G for the C&O, and the "beginning" of it for the NYC.
Today KNWA trains traveling to and from the High Power Mountain loadout near Summersville, WV operate on this section of rail, albeit it is a handful of moves per week at absolute best. The trains take the ex-NYC West Virginia Secondary north from Dickinson Yard to Swiss, where they briefly run over the old NF&G for a few miles, before hanging a left at Peters Jct back onto all-NYC trackage. (The NF&G hangs a right at Peters Jct, and runs east to Rainelle).
This was something I have wanted to shoot for a long, long time and was thrilled to finally get it on 2-26-21. The little blue structure you see on the right is actually an old C&O phone booth, one of the last reminders this was once the land of NYC & C&O coal operations.