Friday, June 13, 2014

Trip report 5-25-2014

Received the following from Kermit Geary, Jr.  Text and photos are his. 
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....