Q133-08 (Baltimore Penn Mary-Chicago 59th St) is hurtling westbound down #1 Track, splitting the Bailey Road signals at milepost BG123.3. The late afternoon light here is perfect for westbounds in the Winter months. 5:00 pm Saturday February 9th 2002.
Photograph copyright © 2002 Jeff Knorek-Onysko
This is the New Castle Subdivision at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, where it plunges down into the Little Cuyahoga River Valley in Akron. The ruling grade east of Sand Patch is here: 1.1%. Eastbounds facing that grade, which crests at the Bailey Road signals, are in Run 8 and working hard. On a clear night you can hear them grinding uphill for several minutes before they arrive. Westbounds like this one tend to be in full dynamic when they fly past, slowing down for the crawl through Akron's bottleneck at AY.
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