back to the cutoff

[OT from cottage renovations]

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Magnolia WV

sometimes it happens: a visit to the site occurs during a lull in traffic.  the previous day's derailment of Q405 in Baltimore was likely a contributing factor. 

bridge pier and girder spans

the Magnolia bridge has eight piers and nine girder spans.  the proportions are pleasing to the eye even if there's no train. 

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Randolph Tunnel

no sooner did we clear out from Magnolia, having waited through the last of the usable light, than the radio came alive and the trains started to roll.  heading E to Hancock along the access road we missed some, caught fleeting glimpses of a couple more, and managed that right place + right time combination at the W portal of the Randolph tunnel for three trains in a row: some westbound autoracks, an eastbound intermodal (not shown) and westbound coal empties. 

auto racks


hopper empties' shadows

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W of Orleans Road

this post begins and ends with images whose lack of trains does not make them incomplete. 

curve

incidental images ...

[OT from cottage renovations]

... from the day along the Magnolia cutoff.  some are crossposted to texture. 

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Paw Paw WV

water tower


window detail, B&O station


slow order signs, B&O station

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Kessler Bridge

detail

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Magnolia WV

sedimentary stone

leaves ...


floating / submerged