Also see the first post in this series below dated Wednesday, 6-11-14.
The second day found us on the road west to Huntington, WV where we snooped around the CSXT's big repair shop. LOTS of engines, some in kit form, others fresh out of the paint shop in the newest image. Moseyed west to Ceredo, WV and looked at the old KRT operation now run by Sun Coast Partners. Shot most of their roster due to their being shut down for the holiday, then headed further west, showing James the operations in the Ashland KY area and the big A-K Steel's AMANDA FURNACE. The blast furnace was working and provided James with an idea of just how Bethlehem, PA looked like in the 1970's. Then back to Kenova, WV and a scenic drive along the N&W to Williamson on US 52 catching some action along the way. Williamson was quite active with four west bounds and two east bounds before we retired for the night. It was a maddening feeling though to be wakened around 10:30 PM and watching the NKP 190 roll past the motel!!! It was probably at that moment that it sunk in that this was going to be an awesome event in Spencer....
