W&W 2689 North, Hagerstown Turn, Potomac River Bridge_
Winchester & Western's Inwood to Hagerstown turn job soars high over the Potomac River that marks the boundary between West Virginia and Maryland. This was once Pennsylvania Railroad trackage and lead locomotive GP38-2 2689 may have travelled this line in a prior life as it was built for the Penn Central in 1971 and later worked for ConRail. This track was acquired by the W&W from ConRail in 1986.
From my friend Ken Lehman: The old bridge piers were the original CVRR/PRR bridge across the Potomac. The current bridge and realignment were completed in 1914. If you know where to look in the winter when the foliage is gone, one can see where a spur left the original alignment down to river level. There, coal was transferred from rail to barges for transportation on the C&O canal.
W&W 2689 North, Hagerstown Turn, Potomac River Bridge_
Winchester & Western's Inwood to Hagerstown turn job soars high over the Potomac River that marks the boundary between West Virginia and Maryland. This was once Pennsylvania Railroad trackage and lead locomotive GP38-2 2689 may have travelled this line in a prior life as it was built for the Penn Central in 1971 and later worked for ConRail. This track was acquired by the W&W from ConRail in 1986.
From my friend Ken Lehman: The old bridge piers were the original CVRR/PRR bridge across the Potomac. The current bridge and realignment were completed in 1914. If you know where to look in the winter when the foliage is gone, one can see where a spur left the original alignment down to river level. There, coal was transferred from rail to barges for transportation on the C&O canal.