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My ticket to ride this trip. |
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7/4/1979 Upload Date: 2/23/2024 1:33:30 PM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Leaving Catlettsburg |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:14:35 AM |
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Catlettsburg, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Passing Big Sandy Jct. En route to Elkhorn City, KY, ... AND BEYOND |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:17:12 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Approaching Ashland Oil refinery |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:19:51 AM |
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Catlettsburg, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Passing the Ashland Oil refinery |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:22:15 AM |
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Catlettsburg, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839 hard at work. US 23 in the distance |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:25:09 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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Passing through Louisa, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:28:14 AM |
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Louisa, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP (SR) 2839 in a sharp curve. Exact location escapes me |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:30:17 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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455 Comments: 1 |
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Arriving Paintsville, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:31:43 AM |
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Paintsville, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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At Paintsville, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:33:27 AM |
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Paintsville, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Paintsville, KY, station |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:34:37 AM |
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Paintsville, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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In a curve on the Big Sandy |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:36:07 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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478 Comments: 1 |
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Middle Creek Jct. at Prestonsburg, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:37:34 AM |
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Prestonburg, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Prestonsburg, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:39:11 AM |
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Prestonsburg, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Unremembered location on the Big Sandy SD |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:40:31 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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My friend Bill N. who accompanied me on the trip this day. |
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He was the "best man" (my witness) at my wedding two months prior to this |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:42:10 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Passing through the HUGE cut at Pikeville, KY, which rerouted the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy around the city |
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From kentuckytourism.com The Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River flows through one of the largest earth moving projects in the history of the world. The Pikeville Cut-Thru Project stands to date as the third largest civil engineering project in the world, second in the western hemisphere to the Panama Canal. |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:44:48 AM |
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Pikeville, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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Southern end of the Pikeville cut-through project. Former C&O roue through Pikeville |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:49:55 AM |
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Pikeville, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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2839 at Elkhorn City, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:51:50 AM |
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Elkhorn City, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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2839 being serviced at Elkhorn City, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:53:58 AM |
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Elkhorn City, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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Servicing CP 2839 at Elkhorn City, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:55:18 AM |
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Elkhorn City, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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Clinchfield power at Elkhorn City, KY |
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Little did we know that the power at Elkhorn City would come to our rescue a little later |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:56:46 AM |
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Elkhorn City, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CRR 3008(SD40) |
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CRR 3008 and CRR B-unit at Elkhorn City, KY |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 9:59:15 AM |
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Elkhorn City, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CRR 3008(SD40) |
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CRR 4604 and others at Elkhorn City, KY. |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 10:01:31 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CRR 4604(GP16) |
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Departing Elkhorn City. So we thought... |
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Train stalled on grade leaving Elkhorn City. Diesel pushers came to our rescue and got us out of a real bind. |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 10:03:05 AM |
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Elkhorn City, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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Diesel pushers shove us out of Elkhorn City. |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 10:05:21 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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About to plunge into Skaggs Hole Tunnel |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 10:07:08 AM |
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Bartlick, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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Entering Skaggs Hole tunnel |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 10:08:50 AM |
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Bartlick, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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McClure Bridge |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 10:18:44 AM |
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McClure, VA |
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G. R. Harper |
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CP 2839(4-6-4) |
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The trip ended for me (and many others) at St. Paul, VA. Charter bus took us to Bluefield, WV, where we caught Amtrak's Hilltopper back to Williamson or Catlettsburg. |
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The delay at Elkhorn City adding diesel helpers set us back about two hours, as I recall. Fortunately, several Amtrak higher-ups were riding the steam train and the Hilltopper was instructed to wait at Bluefield for the charter bus to arrive. Many coal-dusted faces were on the Amtrak going home. Needless to say, the shower was a relief! |
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7/5/1979 Upload Date: 3/9/2017 11:06:30 AM |
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Ashland, KY |
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G. R. Harper |
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215 Comments: 0 |
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