Blast from the past. Actually this photo is about a year old, I don't recall sharing this before. This is the point of interchange between the former B&O Cowen Sub-Pickens Branch (now PAL /A&O) and the Beech Mountain Railroad. No activity on this date but the BEEM had been loading recently. This yard and interchange is nestled down in a deep valley in a scenic area on the Upshur-Randolph County line in West Virginia. The line from left to right is the Pickens Branch. It is cut off to the left a mile or so up the river, A&O Uses it to assemble loaded trains off the BEEM interchange. The track in the foreground leads to a three track yard and a shed where ALCO S2 #113 is stored. 113 pulls small cuts of cars a few miles up river for loading at the Carter-Roag Mine in Randolph County. Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk 2
An old D&RG railroad bridge crossing the Eagle River at the base of the Gilman mine. The buildings were part of the processing to extract zink from gold and silver ore.
Kind of interesting to have what I see as a "crew car" along with two passenger cars. Any idea on the story?
When the track inspectors lounging in the two nicely finished business cars find something they need to have fixed, they unleash the crew car full of gandy dancers.
The last car is the inspector car. Hense the big picture window on the back. They sit in there and view the track condition as they go. Sent from my BNTV400 using Tapatalk
You may be right, Russ, I just find it kinda curious to see that particular mix of cars. The only similar train I've ever seen was this, which just had the one passenger car and a purpose-built track testing car:
Got it the first time, and 10-4 on the inspection car and its use. I'm just curious about specifically why a "crew car" is spliced in front of the two standard passenger cars in the lash-up.
