Published On Oct 16, 2016
Operating as CSX train P938-15, the 2016 New River Fall Foliage Train is seen heading through Marmet, WV on its first Saturday of operation. Leading the way is Amtrak 822, a General Electric P40DC, that is painted in their "Phase Three" heritage in honor of Amtrak's forty plus years of providing passenger service across the United States.
In celebration of fifty years of hosting excursions on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway as hosted by the Collis P. Huntington Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society with equipment provided by Amtrak. This is the only public excursion held on the entire CSX Transportation system. Running along the Kanawha and New River Subdivisions between Huntington and Hinton, West Virginia. These trips, held for two weekends in October, give riders the chance to view some of the best fall foliage in the United States.