Amtrak's Cardinal & CSX on the Buckingham Branch around Staunton, VA - May 2021 скачать в хорошем качестве

Amtrak's Cardinal & CSX on the Buckingham Branch around Staunton, VA - May 2021

May 26-30, 2021. A compilation video of Amtrak's "Cardinal" (numbers 50 and 51), and westbound CSX coal empties between Crozet, Staunton, and Craigsville, VA on the former Chesapeake & Ohio mainline, now Buckingham Branch main. This line was once C&O's mainline for named passenger trains like the George Washington, Fast Flying Virginian, and Sportsman - between Washington, DC/Newport News, VA and Cincinnati, OH - along with various freights running between Richmond and Clifton Forge. Today, the line is used by Amtrak's tri-weekly Cardinal (New York to Chicago) between Orange/Gordonsville and Clifton Forge, westbound CSX empty coal and grain trains, and various Buckingham Branch locals between Richmond and Clifton Forge. The Buckingham Branch main traverses through many scenic and photogenic places from Virginia's piedmont, over the Blue Ridge Mountains, and through the Shenandoah Valley into Clifton Forge near West Virginia. The line is also still jointed rail (or "stick rail") from the C&O era in many locations. C&O era code line telegraph poles and still stand in most locations as well. Train symbols featured in this video: Amtrak 50 - eastbound Cardinal Amtrak 51 - westbound Cardinal CSX U100 - westbound coal empties