Some of the recent sightings that I have caught on the West Virginia Secondary.
Train 048 - Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus' Red Unit.
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048 with the engine facility at Dickinson Yard in the background.
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NS 3204 with three Catfish sitting on the fuel pad.
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048 dropping the rest of the circus train off at Charleston, West Virginia.
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Before I forget about it..........
About a month ago we had some visitors from the West Coast on the line
Early last month we had UP6840 and SP 177 running around on a couple coal trains.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi11.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa189%2FCandOforever14455%2FUP68401.jpg&hash=552f2f05f2782b2620af4c4379a70f9932a7e93a)
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Northbound coal train, 602, at Snow Hill Drive in Charleston, West Virginia.
Also, here is the video that I shot of 602 as well.
Norfolk Southern 602 With NS 9965 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhHVkXYALn0)
Thanks for sharing! We get to see very little from that part of the system..
They seem to be paying quite handsomly for those wanting to transfer as well. I think it has more to do with the level of staffing more than the level of business. I think things are up system wide. Some divisions were more prepared for the upturn than others.