Very educational, all above....and l gained even more respect for steam, toward which l was already strongly biased. Since the C&O, and its steam power, is my favorite eastern road, and l rode on one of those New River Gorge specials, l wonder why C&O track, still a major freight artery?, is rougher than others? Amtrak ran? over it, as l was at the station at White Sulphur Springs when an Amtrak train stopped, so that is not the reason others are smoother.
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