Touring the Baltimore and Ohio L&S Division

B&O EM-1 number 7600 passes the engine facility and roundhouse at East Elkins. The big building in the back of downtown Elkins is the Rieson Bakery. However, it's pleasant aroma fails to mask the odor of the other business in town. Train nine skirts the Cody Meat Packers as it heads into tunnel number one. That's the freight house on the right. Here, are the line makes the first of many crossings of Three Rivers Creek. The Salt Lick Engine Facility is below but miles away on the timetable. The big articulated crosses bridge number 14 on the way to Gray Junction. Below this track is Sewell Junction. Gray Junction is home to the Sandusky Coal Mine. In back is the company-owned downtown and the miners' houses. Here is the main Sandusky Mine. The coal is taken from here to the Fairport Branch for delivery via ore barges. Exiting tunnel number eight below the mine, the EM-1 moves along the backtrack above Sewell Junction which is miles away via timetable. Water tank number 37 is the last sight to see before ducking into tunnel number seven. Number 7600 crosses Three Rivers Creek again on another bridge. The route takes the freight back behind Dawson Station. This locomotive may be the largest ever built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Train nine rolls by the Grafton Diesel House. Here it passes tower three. Off to the right are the turntable and roundhouse. The REP Petroleum Distributor sits in the foreground. The articulated comes out from the station overpass at Grafton. The building on the right is the Lawrence Printing Company. Way in back is the Railway Express building. The big two-eight-eight-four reappears at Dawson before heading into the West Ridge Mountain. Number 7600 enters Sewell Junction under Gray Junction bridge. Here, it passes the Creswell Oil Distributor before entering the tunnel number three. The train reverses on hidden track. By taking the Sewell Cutoff, the articulated heads back toward Three Rivers Creek. In the foreground is the track leading to the Fairport Branch. This train has a special guest in the business car. It's the president of the Buffalo Creek and Golly. At Salt Lick, there's a small engine facility. Approaching the mountain, Salt Lick Curve comes into view. The train makes another crossing of the creek. Train nine goes past BR tower at Berkeley Run Junction. Dawson is seen in back but is actually miles away on the timetable. The track takes the articulated past Sandusky Station below Grafton. Here is tower E near Sandusky Station. This is the end of the run for train nine.