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Heading out onto the Cutoff

CSX train I015 (Chambersburg, PA to Bedford Park, IL, stacks) flies through Orleans Road Interlocking in rural Morgan County, West Virginia at the east end of the Magnolia Cutoff portion of CSXs former B&O Cumberland Sub.

 

Since taking this shot, I015 has lost his "0" high priority number and is now I115, which is common for stacks with no trailers.

 

Check out some information from the B&ORR Historical Society about the beautifully engineered and constructed Magnolia Cutoff, which is a line relocation and improvement project. There's also a shot of AD Tower, which stood here and controlled the interlocking:

borhs.org/magazine/unprotected/eSentinellow20141Q.pdf

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Uploaded on December 16, 2023
Taken on May 11, 2022