ABOVE: A couple of vintage vehicles were posed at the cemetery at Spring- field, W.Va. F3Au No. 8016 looks good with matching cars Eagle Canon from the Pere Marquette and Chessie Club from the C&O.


RIGHT: Photographers head back down the hill after photographing the charter between Vance and Ridgedale. The 8016 is on the north end of the train, while B&O GP9 No. 6604 is on the south end.


OPPOSITE TOP LEFT: A 1957 Chevy Bel Air patiently waits at a grade crossing south of Ridgedale as “B&O 722” pulls a freight train south. The 722 is an ex- Bessemer & Lake Erie F7.


OPPOSITE TOP RIGHT: No. 722 handles a sharp curve south of Green Spring as it leads the passenger consist southbound.


RIGHT: Two long trestles are found on the line at Ridgedale. No. 722 leads the freight train south as it crosses the southernmost of the back-to-back bridges.


60 APRIL 2013 • RAILFAN.COM


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