Work Train at Sterling
There is a back story to this image of a CSX work train on the CL&W Subdivision at Sterling, Ohio. I had traveled to Sterling for what everyone knew would be the last railfan outing for Richard Jacobs, who was suffering from terminal cancer and had been confined to hospice.
"Jake," as we called him, was a member of a group of railfans who hang out at Sterling every Wednesday. Unfortunately for Jake, his last outing coincided with a CSX track work window and nothing moved on the New Castle Subdivision during his time trackside. He could only stay until about 5:30 p.m. when a van would come to take him back to a hospice facility.
I was headed back home myself when I spotted this train. I drove past it, initially, but then thought that I didn't want to come away emptyhanded from my last outing with Jake. So I turned around and got this photo.
Jake died a couple of weeks later. This image will always remind me of his last outing.
Work Train at Sterling
There is a back story to this image of a CSX work train on the CL&W Subdivision at Sterling, Ohio. I had traveled to Sterling for what everyone knew would be the last railfan outing for Richard Jacobs, who was suffering from terminal cancer and had been confined to hospice.
"Jake," as we called him, was a member of a group of railfans who hang out at Sterling every Wednesday. Unfortunately for Jake, his last outing coincided with a CSX track work window and nothing moved on the New Castle Subdivision during his time trackside. He could only stay until about 5:30 p.m. when a van would come to take him back to a hospice facility.
I was headed back home myself when I spotted this train. I drove past it, initially, but then thought that I didn't want to come away emptyhanded from my last outing with Jake. So I turned around and got this photo.
Jake died a couple of weeks later. This image will always remind me of his last outing.