gravity-assisted-railroadinghttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/gravity-assisted-railroading/Gravity assisted railroading | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200220.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2020-12-222020-02-2046131
A Chesapeake & Ohio Mallet starts downgrade for Barrett, W.Va., with loads from Eastern Gas & Fuel’s Wharton No. 2 mine in June 1955. Trains’ Editor David P. Morgan tracked two cars from mine to Tidewater in the April 1956 issue.
W.A. Akin Jr. photo