Three_Step_Culpep
Respect the Photo Line
It was a foggy morning in eastern Kentucky and I was out with a gaggle of other railfans who had descended upon Appalachia for the previous day’s Santa Train festivities. On top of the Santa Train, CSX was running all kinds of other neat things that weekend including this coal empty led by an SD70MACe and a YN2 AC4400CW. Chasing trains on the Big Sandy Subdivision is always fun due to the large amount of C&O signal installations that are still standing, such as this cantilever at EM Cabin in Emma, KY. Us railfans were lined up right in the middle of the gauge on the main track, but the crew didn’t seem to mind. When something moderately cool is running, common safety concerns seem to go out the window. Probably wouldn’t have stood there if I could go back in time, but it did make for a nice angle. Emma, KY, 11/19/2023.
Respect the Photo Line
It was a foggy morning in eastern Kentucky and I was out with a gaggle of other railfans who had descended upon Appalachia for the previous day’s Santa Train festivities. On top of the Santa Train, CSX was running all kinds of other neat things that weekend including this coal empty led by an SD70MACe and a YN2 AC4400CW. Chasing trains on the Big Sandy Subdivision is always fun due to the large amount of C&O signal installations that are still standing, such as this cantilever at EM Cabin in Emma, KY. Us railfans were lined up right in the middle of the gauge on the main track, but the crew didn’t seem to mind. When something moderately cool is running, common safety concerns seem to go out the window. Probably wouldn’t have stood there if I could go back in time, but it did make for a nice angle. Emma, KY, 11/19/2023.