The first snow of the year is lit up by UP 4692 as well as old telegraph poles and bridge down the tracks. At least this snow didn't last through the night.
When the Bird gets close, everything gets out of the way. UP 5529 is the second of four trains holding short of the Malta crossovers, where the 4692 will cross back over to the correct main for C... (more)
The last shot of our early morning chase of this eastbound is shown at one of the tiny crossings in Elkhorn, a few miles west of the end of its climb and the summit of the Pokey at Elkhorn Tunnel.
A Western visitor leads an eastbound rack train out of Vivian Tunnel and across Elkhorn Creek, near downtown Kimball.
We didn't have to travel to far west before we caught our first eastbound at Welch. Luckily, there was just enough light on the curve.
A UP SD70M adds more color to the already colorful town of Keystone, WV.
A westbound autorack, about to overtake my vehicle, with a CSX SD60 trailing.
