I didn't get in as much railfanning this week as I would have liked, but what I did get constitutes a milestone for me...
My first "turtle head" at Harper's Ferry!
With the heat restrictions on CSX, I was lucky to get anything. They were also reballasting the eastbound track between HF and Knoxville, so I was treated to this spectacle:
Fortunately, we were standing on the canal towpath, so the stones this thing was shooting were well out of harm's way.
Earlier, we watched a Brunswick line commuter train arrive at... you guessed it... Brunswick!
Today, I got to spend some quality time with an old friend...
I managed about 8 miles out of 22.5 on the WM Rail Trail out of Hancock. If you're a low level bicyclist like myself, this trail is a dream. Fully paved, barely a grade (Thanks to the outstanding 20th Century engineering of the WM), and absolutely bucolic surroundings... save for the roar of I-70 most of the way going east.
A few hours after dark with an extension ladder and some wire cutters would net a treasure hunter quite a few glass insulators...
Original WM-era mileposts have been preserved and restored.
another bag of rocks has been harvested for the layout...
Apart from one couple I encountered going west, this was the only other "hiker" I came across on my ride. After I switched over to the canal for the trip back, she reappeared with her fawn. I'm definitely heading back up there as soon as I can to ride the rest of the route.
Lee
