RJCorman - Thurmond Tunnel, 4-6-2013
Rail Fan Adventure --
1. CSX e/b empty coal train T913-05 with 385-874 pulls to the clearance point of Rush Run Siding at Thurmond.
![CSX e/b empty coal train T913-05 with 385-874 pulls to the clearance point of Rush Run Siding at Thurmond.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/1harvey01-2-2.jpg)
2. R. J. Corman Railroad train Z549-06 rumbles across the New River to South Side Jct.
![R. J. Corman Railroad train Z549-06 rumbles across the New River to South Side Jct.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/2harvey02-3-2.jpg)
3. R. J. Corman Railroad train Z549-06 rumbles across the New River to South Side Jct. View 2.
![R. J. Corman Railroad train Z549-06 rumbles across the New River to South Side Jct. View 2.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/3harvey03-22-2.jpg)
4. Passing the water fall at Meadow Fork.
![Passing the water fall at Meadow Fork.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/4harvey04-4-2.jpg)
![Passing the water fall at Meadow Fork. View 2.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/5harvey05-7-2.jpg)
6. Crossing bridge 35 at Dewitt. The train has 100 ISRX (Arcelor-Mittal), CSX and NYC empties to be loaded for Arcelor-Mittal’s steel mill at Burns Harbor, Ind.
![Crossing bridge 35 at Dewitt. The train has 100 ISRX (Arcelor-Mittal), CSX and NYC empties to be loaded for Arcelor-Mittal’s steel mill at Burns Harbor, Ind.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/6harvey06-9-2.jpg)
7. One employee engineers the train while the other follows with the truck.
![One employee engineers the train while the other follows with the truck.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/7harvey07-10-2.jpg)
8. Z549-06 pauses at Harvey to pick up RJC 8718-8569 that will be needed at the mine as a helper.
![Z549-06 pauses at Harvey to pick up RJC 8718-8569 that will be needed at the mine as a helper.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/8harvey08-11-2.jpg)
9. Underway again, Z549 moves slowly upgrade at Prudence.
![Underway again, Z549 moves slowly upgrade at Prudence.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/9harvey09-14-2.jpg)
10. CSX 385-874-RJC 8718-8569 approach the abutments of the former C&O Price Hill Subdivision that went to the Mount Hope depot. This location would have been Sugar Creek Jct. in years past, as it formed a leg of a wye that formed a confusing junction of the lines to Garden Ground and Oswald.
![CSX 385-874-RJC 8718-8569 approach the abutments of the former C&O Price Hill Subdivision that went to the Mount Hope depot.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/10harvey10-16-2.jpg)
11. Z549-06 approaches the 1,100 foot tunnel.
![Z549-06 approaches the 1,100 foot tunnel.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/11harvey11-17-2.jpg)
![Z549-06 approaches the 1,100 foot tunnel. View 2.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/12harvey12-18-2.jpg)
13. “Tunnel” is the top of the grade.
![“Tunnel” is the top of the grade.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/13harvey13-19-2.jpg)
14. Easing down the steep hill at Miller’s Camp.
![Easing down the steep hill at Miller’s Camp.](../images/rjcthurmondtunnel20130406/14harvey14-20-2.jpg)
A short distance ahead the train entered the property of the Hopkins mine at Pax. After some switching, the train would be ready to load the next day. Ron and I headed back to Hawks Nest for the evening’s activities at the Modelers Weekend.
Train images used by permission of Everett N Young
last update - 12 Jan 2014