The train came to Linan in a light rain shower and some of the passengers detrained for a photo runby. The train consisted of Cheasapeake & Ohio F7A 7094, Western Maryland BL2 82, West Virginia Central United States Mail Railway Post Office 706, West Virginia Central coach and Western Maryland coach 835. We made a photo line and the edge of Linan Lake and waited for the photo runby to start.
The first reverse move.
NRHS Photo Runby 1.
The second reverse move.
The photo line.
NRHS Photo Runby 2.
The train reversed to pick us up and we headed down the rails towards Elkins. It was an excellent photo runby and I thanked the train crews for letting us do it.
We left the photo runby spot behind.
The north switch of Linan siding.
The Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.
The train went by Milepost 60.
The Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.
The mountains are a-smoking!
The Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.
The south switch at Harper.
The Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.
Interesting rock strata was starting to show up along our route.
Running along the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.
Nearing the end of my new rail mileage.
At Cheat Falls, my new rail mileage ended.
The train went through Point.
A final view of the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.
The final crossing of the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River. I went to get some lunch and chose a bag of potato chips, lemonade and six cookies. After lunch I returned to the rear platform and talked with Steve Barry, Elizabeth and our conductor before Robin joined us.
We ran through the only tunnel on this railroad, a 1,735 foot affair which meant we were almost to Elkins. We crossed all the major highways and streets before we backed around the northwest leg of the wye into Elkins station.
Elkins station as seen from the train. I was first off the train and walked over to the engines. With that, our first NRHS 2018 train trip has come to an end.
The Salamandar in Elkins.
Cheasapeake and Ohio F7A 7094, built as Milwaukee Road F7A 109A.
The Elkins station before I started my bus host duties, distributing water to my passengers when they returned to the bus. We departed at 5:30 PM and I relaxed on the way back. From Keyser back to Cumberland we ran through a heavy thunderstorm and this made me think just how great our bus driver was doing his job. We returned to the Ramada Inn and I worked on stories the rest of the evening with Elizabeth before we called it a night.
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