RJ Corman operates former C&O branches in the New River Gorge as their RJCV West Virginia Line, and they began their day at dawn by taking 100 mty hoppers up the 2.5% grade towards the Contura Energy Pioneer Loadout in Pax.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.