I'd gotten off my Q396 (I believe) from Kingsport to Ashland/Russell, Kentucky, and spent the next day videoing the small abandoned CSX rail yard in Ashland; only used to store overflow coal cars and gondola cars until they're needed.
I used to catch my northbound CSX there when the train would be stopped by the overhead signal waiting for clearance to Russell yard to be reworked and classified so this always gave me ample time to scout out a good comfortable riding car.
still contains old tracks that have been long forgotten and weeds and small bushes and trees growing up between the rails indicating no traffic on those rail tracks for years.
Once I was spending my second day/night in Thurmond, West Virginia, Larry text me and said he was looking at his Google maps and discovered I was just a three hour drive from Kingsport where he lives and asked me did I mind if he drove up and went camping with me that third night and I said of course, please come up! Larry had been wanting to see the New River Gorge Bridge anyway so he made it in about three and a half hours. We eventually found a place level that would be more comfortable for him than the bare uneven ground in Thurmond and that's where we ended up that third day/night.
So, this video is a hodge podge of a mixture of several events that happen during my last train trip.
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