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| John Joseph posted C&O SD50 #8593 leads train #92 as it comes around the curve and approaches the crossovers at MA Cabin (MacDougal, WV), milepost 409 on #2 track on the afternoon of Sunday, June 16, 1985. Randall Hampton shared This is the tower that sat abandoned for many years at the Hawks Nest Split. So, you've seen it a gazillion times from the air, but hardly ever from ground level. |
The MA Cabin must be just out-of-frame in the lower-right corner.
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| Ted Gregory posted A truly striking view from the famous Hawk's Nest Overlook at sunset on April 3rd, 2023. The design of the twin trusses are truly works of art, and lend to the natural beauty of the Gorge. If you look closely, you can see the mainlines that run down both sides of this famous Gorge as they wind along the banks into the diatance and the junction of the lines on the south bank in the lower right corner. The lines also rejoin at Sewell, which is not accessible unless you're on the rails or in the water. John C. Sauerzopf: Nice photo. Too bad no one else knows where this is. Ted Gregory: John C. Sauerzopf thank you. Google map it. It's near Fayetteville, WV near a small town called Ansted. It's a very famous location on the Chesapeake & Ohio. There is a historic railroad resort there. Lots of bigwheels would vacation there using flagship trains of the C&O to get there out of DC. Joe Schiavo: Such a beautiful place to visit! Ted Gregory: Really is Joe. Especially on the tracks. I was part of one of two teams that walk inspected the entire railroad from Prince to Deepwater due to a 500 year flood event. Keiv Spare: I've been to that overlook. This was a C&O line. My family had a picnic there on a roadtrip we took from Kansas to Maryland. It's right off US 60 which is a shortcut if you're taking I-64 all the way from St Louis to Norfolk. Glad we made that little detour. It was a very memorable part of the trip. I recognized the location immediately when I saw the picture, even though it was over 30 years ago. John Jones: The state of west Virginia has a great lodge there where you can can take in the sights of the overlook. They also had a cable car that would take you down to the river. |
The Hawks Nest Dam shows that the river is flowing North under the bridge.
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So the C&O had tracks on both sides of the river upstream from the bridge.
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