Little “trip report” or what have you…enjoy!
While going through some old shots, I noticed that in my original raw file folder of my personal photo folder, I noticed I hadn’t shot a train since the 11th of July! Not a huge deal, but I needed a break from working nearly 12 hours, 6 days a week for the past couple months. I was throwing around the idea of going to Harpers Ferry on CSX’s Cumberland Sub, but I already took that trip not too long ago. And a non-work related sprained ankle was telling me that brutal hike wasn’t such a great idea. The weather wasn’t looking too shabby for the tri-state area, but I didn’t care. I seem to do better and create some killer images with not so great weather. I just simply did not know where to head too. A few days before the trip that wasn’t even planned, I started to get worried and was thinking that maybe the mini vacation would have to wait. Money wasn’t an issue, just me being so indecisive didn’t help. I’ve done Sand Patch so many times, and Cumberland, and shooting in my area of Pittsburgh and the surrounding area didn’t appeal to me. So I started researching and made the decision to head to Shepherdstown, WV on NS’s H-Line.
I had put in a personal day for work on Saturday, and the supervisor didn’t even let me know until Friday night (talk about short notice) that I could have the day off. Everything was packed Thursday night and the hotel room booked, I was going no matter what. After only getting about 3 hours of sleep, all I had to do was put shoes on and go. Driving through the night (Takes nearly 4 hours of driving to get there from where I live) was easy with 2 large coffees, haha. The sun broke over the mountains of WV and I just knew it was going to be a great day. Or so I thought…
After arriving at the local Sheetz to take a potty break, I headed to the foot of the main attraction (The large trestle o