On October 22, 1990, the fog has just lifted off the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, as Amtrak’s Capitol Limited finishes its station stop and heads east across the Potomac River and toward Washington D.C.

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Amtrak’s Capitol Limited crosses the Potomac River and slows for a stop at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on a bright April 24, 1996.

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A Norfolk Southern coal train led by a former Southern Railway EMD SD40-2 curves through Hardy (Ingleside), West Virginia, at 1:24 p.m. on October 25, 1990.

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BNSF C44-9W No. 5155 leads an eastbound Norfolk Southern ballast train through Chattaroy, West Virginia, on May 15, 2014.

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In a torrential rain storm at Nolan, West Virginia, a westbound coal train curves past CPL signals on May 15, 2014. There was nowhere to hide from the weather—it was raining so hard that leaves were getting shredded out of the trees—and we were soaked to the bone!

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