Some CSX in West Virginia in 1991

This is a trial run on my HD camera, this is not meant to be a perfect product.

1st Train: Q302 with B&O Units on point at Hinton, W.Va.

2nd Train: Coal train at Hinton and the old yard.

3rd Train: Q303 westbound at North Fayette, W.Va.

4th Train: Coal Train westbound at North Fayette, W.Va.

5th Train: Eastbound Coal at North Fayette, W.Va.

6th Train: Amtrak P050 The Cardinal at Owens Crossovers east of Charleston, W.Va.

7th Train: The Ohio River Excursion Trip south of Pt. Pleasant, W.Va.

8th Train: Westbound empties at Kanawha Falls, W.va.

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[meccaturbo]

back then, CSX was a company that had no idea what it wanted to be....tons of different paint schemes, poorly maintained equipment, substandard track maintenance. Thankfully they FINALLY got a decent paint scheme after about 7 tries, and seem to finally be interested in running a decent railroad. Sure took them long enough. NS, on the other hand, has been an excellent railroad from day 1.

[ChessieStorm]

Yea, that's what I heard. When you're young like I was then, you don't care about that, I wanted to see trains and this was the place to be.

I personally like the Bright Future paint scheme instead of the new one. You can see it better in darker conditions.

And yes lately, CSX has been doing a lot of track improvement the past 10 months of so. I don't know why they waited so long to get going.

[koz237]

Those were the days. Sadly, I barely remember the days on the all-EMD consist and the land before GEVO time. I wish we still run like that today.

BTW, that CSX 7668 was running around here for a couple of weeks on work trains. Paint is a bit rough around the cab compared to 1991.

[ChessieStorm]

Well, fortunately the A772 there at Folkston was running the EMD stuff.

Of course when I taped much of this, GE was just beginning to make it big with the C40's and later the CW40's, so EMD was still king.

[trinityct]

At 2:29 you caught the rare prototype viewliner sleeper!

Good job! :)

[cbehr91]

You should get a capture card to transfer these directly.

[iusetano]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.