Trackside Log for Sunday, March 12, 2006

I arose to a wet cloudy morning in West Virginia. Well at least it wasn't actively raining. It didn't take long for it to arrive though.

• 0742 Parkersburg - Little Kanawha River power - LKRR 1205

Apparently driving south was the answer. By the time I got to Charleston the weather was much improved.

• 0914 Chesapeake, WV - Winifrede Railroad - JTPX 2012-JTPX 2011
• 0926 Chesapeake, WV - Winifrede Railroad - DPS 2000 "Nellie"
• 0944 Chesapeake, WV - CSX westbound - CSXT 257-CSXT 210

Next I hunted down an R.J. Corman line. I started in Mount Hope, the end of their line, but no red engines. I followed the track north to their junction with CSX in Thurmond.

• 1158 Thurmond, WV - R.J. Corman - RJCX 1607-RJCX 1804

I noticed a green signal on the CSX tracks so I waited for the westbound in the rain.

• 1302 Thurmond, WV - CSX westbound - CSXT 729-CSXT 765

After the coal train passed I headed for the Gauley River Railroad in Muddlety. Unfortunately when I got there I discovered that the tracks had been removed. Well, nothing I can do about that so I continued on to the next shortline, the Elk River Railroad.

• 1456 Gassaway, WV - Elk River Railroad power - ELKR 4
• 1500 Gassaway, WV - Elk River Railroad power - ELKR 2-ELKR 5
• 1503 Gassaway, WV - Elk River Railroad power - ELKR 1-ELKR 3
• 1610 Heaters, WV - CSX derailment
• 1731 Sago, WV - coal mine switcher - SRPP 2500

It was getting pretty dark while photographing the mine's CF7. I ended my day in Buckhannon where the A&O had some power parked. I checked into the Colonial Motel which was a block from the A&O.