"We've Been
Working on the Railroad"
- 2006 Photos -
On
a warm summer day in 2006, this section crew makes another pass at clearing the
brush from the right-of-way in the cut south of Derwent.
Dave
and Fred with BSRW motorcar north of C&M Crossing. The railroad south
of C&M Crossing to Marietta was abandoned circa the
late 1970's / early 1980's.
Bill
S. on his dozer repairing washouts at C&M Crossing in early October 2006.
The truck is parked on the site of the old "diamond" where B&O
and PRR branch lines once crossed.
One
of several washouts at C&M Crossing that had to be repaired due to the
devastating floods of 1998 and 2004. Both floods washed away many yards
of ballast and dozens of cross ties.
Westbound
view at C&M Crossing, SR 821 crossing is 1/8th mile in the distance.
From here southwest to Cumberland, this was the B&O Railroad's
"Eastern Ohio Branch".
Chuck
M. filling washouts on the old B&O Eastern Ohio Branch, west of C&M
Crossing. This old B&O line originally started in Lore City and
passed through the towns of Senecaville and Buffalo.
Fred
G. with track maintenance cars on the old B&O "Eastern Ohio"
Branch near SR 821 crossing, 2006.
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Tie gang
installing new ties at Derwent, December 2006
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Tie gang
installing new ties at Derwent, December 2006