After running CSX trackage through Winchester, the now northbound Sand Man re-enters the WW at CV connection (Cumberland Valley). This is where the Hagerstown line begins and is where the loaded s... (more)
WW 445 smokes up past the Virginia Apple Storage warehouse for the final 1/2 mile trek before entering CSX's Shenandoah Sub for the run through Winchester.
Working east, the Sand Man pulls hard out of a short 2% climb into a much gentler grade of about .5%
East out of Hayfield the Sand Man climbs a 1% grade towards Round Hill.
Rural Virginia runnin.
After doubling the hill and leaving 2 cars behind, the now 9 car Sand Man has a short easy run before the 2% ruling down hill grade to Hayfield
The 2% grade east out of Gainsboro and the 11 loaded sand cars become to much for this GP9 and the train stalls here.
The Sand Man rounds the base of Great North Mountain into Gainsboro to begin the short 1 mile 2% ruling grade east towards Hayfield.
The Sand Man with a GP9 and 11 loaded covered hoppers of sand departs Gore for Winchester, Virginia.
W&W GP9 403, with its long hood removed sits outside the Gore maintenance shop. The motor is undergoing rebuild into a slug mother.
W&W 86 sways through a forest of trees and billboard signs.
Another day ends for W&W 86 as it heads for Inwood past a Pennsylvania Railroad milepost on the former Cumberland Valley Railroad.
W&W 86 cruises through the Martinsburg suburb of Berkeley.
A GP9 and a GP10 haul over 30 cars through the forested downtown of Falling Waters, West Virginia.
Running south past the Growers Feed Mill.
