Farmer_Bill posted:Borden Tunnel posted:On Sunday, Sept. 25, I had another close encounter with the Winchester & Western RR, this time at Sterling Road crossing, north of Williamsport,MD
In all my years of rail-fanning, have not seen the W&W in action; plenty of static shots. Thanks for your contribution.
The Sunday morning train from Inwood,WV., to Hagerstown has been fairly predictable, after crossing the Potomac River below Williamsport,MD., the W&W calls NS Vardo yard for permission to enter. (161.070)
Usually this occurs around 10a.m., my 2 recent encounters have been about 10:30a.m.
With the long tangents on this line, its easy to see a train coming, at max speed of 15mph you can get between crossings in Williamsport and Halfway way ahead of the train.
Switching out cars in Vardo takes anywhere from 30 min. to 2 hours, and then the train goes back south.
