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By:Danny Robie
Dates:1/1/1980 - 12/31/2006
Album Info:From fallen flags up to the near present
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Conrail Terminal
Title:  Conrail Terminal
Description:  In the early Conrail days, power was still stationed at Charleston although by the mid 1980s that ended as the local switching quickly evaporated. A very poor quality b/w shot(and camera) but probably one of the earliest rail photos I took. Thirty years later, the buildings remain but all the trackage seen here is gone....it is now covered with asphalt.
Photo Date:  11/18/1979  Upload Date: 9/5/2010 11:15:29 PM
Location:  Charleston, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CR 7138(GP9)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
Ohio River Local
Title:  Ohio River Local
Description:  A B&O local runs south from Point Pleasant through Apple Grove with a small cut of cars. The Ohio River line still carried Huntingtol-Wheeling trains in this era.
Photo Date:  12/6/1980  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 11:47:32 PM
Location:  Apple Grove, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  316   Comments: 2
Torpedo Tube GP9
Title:  Torpedo Tube GP9
Description:  B&O "torpedo" as power on the 1982 New River Train
Photo Date:  10/15/1982  Upload Date: 5/24/2008 9:45:23 PM
Location:  Hinton, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  BO 6603(GP9)
Views:  820   Comments: 0
New River Train Glory
Title:  New River Train Glory
Description:  Back in the heyday of the New River Train before it simply became a glorified Amtrak trip. The #765 puts on a skyward spectacle as she decelerates to a stop in Charleston. It is wonderful that this fine machine is running again a quarter century later for younger generations to see grace the rails
Photo Date:  10/14/1985  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 10:44:18 AM
Location:  Charleston, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  768   Comments: 1
Reflections of Chessie
Title:  Reflections of Chessie
Description:  The dead line at the Huntington Shops...a kid in a candy store kind of day.
Photo Date:  4/14/1987  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 11:55:07 PM
Location:  Huntington, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CO 5207(NW2) CO 5224(SW7)
Views:  845   Comments: 2
CSX 118
Title:  CSX 118
Description:  Photo run-by at Thurmond on 1989 New River Train. It is unfortunate that CSX didn't keep these units for use on its OCS train. Repainted in the scheme of a predecessor,it would have been a great PR coup much as the NS OCS is today.
Photo Date:  10/23/1989  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 1:04:57 PM
Location:  Thurmond, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 118(FP7A)
Views:  900   Comments: 1
B&O Bridge
Title:  B&O Bridge
Description:  Bridge across Buffalo Creek just west of the old Buffalo Creek & Gauley connection. View is towards Clay. Even at this date, it had been a decade since trains last used this bridge. Originally Coal and Coke,later the B&O Grafton-Charleston line that remained intact until 1981.
Photo Date:  4/17/1990  Upload Date: 9/5/2010 11:46:50 PM
Location:  Dundon, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  436   Comments: 1
B&O Bridge
Title:  B&O Bridge
Description:  A picturesque setting with the former B&O crossing of the Birch River at its confluence with the Elk River. Rail and nature in splendid harmony.
Photo Date:  4/17/1990  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 11:59:46 PM
Location:  Glendon, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  223   Comments: 0
NKP 765 Twilight
Title:  NKP 765 Twilight
Description:  While boarding another excursion, caught the NRT NKP #765 in the dawn light.
Photo Date:  10/18/1990  Upload Date: 9/22/2008 8:32:34 PM
Location:  Huntington, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  606   Comments: 0
Saw Mill
Title:  Saw Mill
Description:  Are the old ghosts still aroused by the shrill of the Shay whistles ?
Photo Date:  5/17/1991  Upload Date: 10/10/2008 9:03:17 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  280   Comments: 1
B&O I12 Caboose
Title:  B&O I12 Caboose
Description:  Heavy duty caboose built to withstand the force from helper locomotives. Static display at Grafton
Photo Date:  5/18/1991  Upload Date: 6/2/2009 11:44:13 PM
Location:  Grafton, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  421   Comments: 0
CSX 6604
Title:  CSX 6604
Description:  Except for the new number, it's still the same. Four axle EMD power still common on coal trains during this era.
Photo Date:  6/20/1991  Upload Date: 5/25/2008 9:18:24 PM
Location:  Danville, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 6604(GP40)
Views:  684   Comments: 1
Stealth Set
Title:  Stealth Set
Description:  Mother and slug set in the ill-fated and short lived "Stealth" scheme. Not the most photogenic (and safety conscious) paint by any means
Photo Date:  9/1/1991  Upload Date: 9/11/2010 2:05:14 PM
Location:  South Charleston, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 2210(Road Slug) CSX 6435(GP40-2)
Views:  724   Comments: 1
Sunburst Ghost
Title:  Sunburst Ghost
Description:  Thirty years later, the "Sunburst" scheme is reemerging on this former B&O GP30
Photo Date:  9/10/1991  Upload Date: 5/24/2008 9:48:59 PM
Location:  Danville, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 4236(GP30M)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
CSX 4227
Title:  CSX 4227
Description:  Almost two decades later, even the early 1990s seem like the "good old days". So much has changed.
Photo Date:  12/21/1991  Upload Date: 8/12/2008 9:22:46 PM
Location:  Danville, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  455   Comments: 0
CSX 4284
Title:  CSX 4284
Description:  The GP39 was common in the coalfields during the prime of its career.
Photo Date:  6/28/1993  Upload Date: 9/22/2008 8:36:42 PM
Location:  Danville, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 4284(GP39)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
BO 903781
Title:  BO 903781
Description:  The B&O heritage is still quite apparent on this CSX caboose at Ravenswood
Photo Date:  9/5/1995  Upload Date: 6/2/2009 11:49:44 PM
Location:  Ravenswood, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  252   Comments: 0
Working the Yard
Title:  Working the Yard
Description:  A mother and slug set switch cars at the South Charleston terminal.
Photo Date:  6/8/1997  Upload Date: 9/29/2008 4:02:51 PM
Location:  South Charleston, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 6438(GP40-2) CSX 2264(Road Slug)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
BCX 99
Title:  BCX 99
Description:  The switcher at Port Amherst Industries in July 2003
Photo Date:  7/10/2003  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 11:56:02 PM
Location:  Port Amherst, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  308   Comments: 0
Westbound Coal Empties
Title:  Westbound Coal Empties
Description:  A long string of empties pass the Charleston Amtrak station.
Photo Date:  12/20/2003  Upload Date: 5/24/2008 9:57:29 PM
Location:  Charleston, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 496(AC44CW)
Views:  527   Comments: 2
CSX 7137
Title:  CSX 7137
Description:  Still sporting Conrail blue and used in MOW service
Photo Date:  12/20/2003  Upload Date: 6/2/2009 11:53:34 PM
Location:  South Charleston, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 7137(C30-7)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Requiem for the Warehouse District
Title:  Requiem for the Warehouse District
Description:  Once teeming with rail activity, the old warehouse district has been reduced to a single customer....and car.
Photo Date:  1/2/2004  Upload Date: 9/27/2008 11:38:22 PM
Location:  Charleston, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 5316(GP38-2)
Views:  535   Comments: 1
CSX 357
Title:  CSX 357
Description:  Coal empties diverge onto the east leg of the wye to the Coal River Sub
Photo Date:  1/3/2004  Upload Date: 5/25/2008 9:28:57 PM
Location:  Saint Albans, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 357(AC44CW)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
SSW 7286
Title:  SSW 7286
Description:  Throughout the years, Dickinson Yard has always been a haven for unique power. This day was no exception.
Photo Date:  7/8/2004  Upload Date: 5/24/2008 9:53:08 PM
Location:  Dickinson, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Locomotives:  SSW 7286(GP40M-2)
Views:  435   Comments: 1
NS 50N
Title:  NS 50N
Description:  Eastbound grain moves through the eastern end of the coal laden yard
Photo Date:  10/25/2005  Upload Date: 5/25/2008 9:17:24 PM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  293   Comments: 0
B&O ROW
Title:  B&O ROW
Description:  The roadbed of the Coal and Coke Rwy---later the B&O--- through the heart of town. Trackage removed in 1981
Photo Date:  12/24/2006  Upload Date: 10/10/2008 8:56:22 PM
Location:  Clendenin, WV
Author:  Danny Robie
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Views:  334   Comments: 0


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