A very different view of CSX in the Narrows

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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A very different angle of the Narrows that lead into downtown Cumberland that most railfans never visit or try due to the steep walking angle’s involved to reach it. Enjoy the view.

Tom

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=320356

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Tom -

Great shot. Well worth the physical effort to get it. Nicely done!

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Very IMPRESSIVE photo.

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Tom -

Thank You for your consistently unique and illustrative views of CSX in and around the Queen City of the Alleghenies.

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Nice shot–thanks for saving us all the climb! It looks like spring is arriving nicely.

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That is a nice shot. When I saw “The Narrows,” I wondered, “what is CSX doing at Narrows,Virginia,” for I knew only of the Narrows of the New River, where both the N&W and VGN crossed from Virginia to West Virginia.

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Saved that picture!

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Nice cat! [:D]

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What a great shot of the Narrows…Have driven thru the area on that highway occasionally in my lifetime…Cumberland perhaps 60 mi. from my home area. Rattle Snakes up there…?? It’s been some time since i’ve been down in there. Believe last trip was when Jean and I stopped to look at the former WM Station…now believe used by WMSRR.

And I believe that would be the WMSRR {and paved trail}, on the left side of your photo.

Have never seen a photo from such location…Probably not too many make the climb.

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Pardon my ignorance, I’m a flatlander from the upper plains. Is this a photo of what’s called the Cumberland Gap through the Alleghenys? Is that another rail line on the left?

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Nice shot. Always good to see things from a different perspective.

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No, the Cumberland Gap is further south in the Allegheny Range near the border of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Cumberland Narrows is a 1200’ deep gorge that Wills Creek run through on the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. The CSX line is the former B&O Pittsburgh Main. After the Narrows, the line climbs 1700’ in elevation to the summit at Sand Patch, Pennsylvania, then down to Pittsburgh. The other line was the former Western Maryland main to Connellsville, PA where it made a connection with the N&W. Much of it is now a bike trail that connects Pittsburgh to Washington DC.