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Viewing Album:  Working the Yard at Cape Charles
 
By:David Larrabee
Dates:10/27/2009 - 10/27/2009
Album Info:On a last minute trip to the Outer Banks my wife & I stopped by Cape Charles, Va on the southern tip of the Delmarva peninsula. Cape Charles is the home of the Bay Coast RR and northern terminus of one of the last RR car floats in the US. As luck always seems to have it the day was cloudy with rain in the form of drizzle threatening. The yard is right in the middle of town, in fact it occupies some prime real-estate facing onto Mason Ave the 'Main St.' As it turns out I was in luck, the railroad was doing a bit of switching! /DL
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Looking west across the yard onto Chesapeak Bay
Title:  Looking west across the yard onto Chesapeak Bay
Description:  Taken from the Old Cape Charles Road overpass at the throat to the yard. The ferry terminal is at center frame beyond the string of hopper cars. /DL
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:20 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  273   Comments: 1
Bay Coast RR yard
Title:  Bay Coast RR yard
Description:  Car Ferry is to the right of the center pf the photo.
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:21 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  233   Comments: 0
Looking east from Old Cape Charles Rd.
Title:  Looking east from Old Cape Charles Rd.
Description:  Looking away from Chesapeake Bay this yard contained a couple strings of flats.
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:22 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  302   Comments: 0
BCR 400
Title:  BCR 400
Description:  #400 is returning from a switch move to a local industry just south of the yard area.
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:24 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 400(GP15-1)
Views:  405   Comments: 3
BCR 400
Title:  BCR 400
Description:  Returning to the yard for some more switching.
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:25 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 400(GP15-1)
Views:  421   Comments: 1
BCR 400
Title:  BCR 400
Description:  Switching.
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:27 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 400(GP15-1)
Views:  490   Comments: 1
Switching
Title:  Switching
Description:  There were a number of the low gondola painted a faded light blue in various places around the yard area. They all showed very faded ESHR lettering, however none that I saw had a car number that could be read. /DL
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:27 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 400(GP15-1)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
BCR 400 switching
Title:  BCR 400 switching
Description:  Back at the yard throat. Some of the wide angle photos were taken from the overpass in this view. /DL
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:28 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 400(GP15-1)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
BCR 400
Title:  BCR 400
Description:  #2000 was not powered. The crew moved the gondola into the siding 2000 had been on then put 2000 back in front of the gon.
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:30 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 400(GP15-1) BCR 2000(GP10)
Views:  610   Comments: 2
BCR 2000
Title:  BCR 2000
Description:  I wounder if they run these two in MU at all?
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:32 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 400(GP15-1) BCR 2000(GP10)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
The yard
Title:  The yard
Description:  Wide angle from the top of a building looking SE. Better quality photos of the other BCR locomotives & rolling stock in these photos are avaliable in this Archive by searching on 'Cape Charles' /DL
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:36 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCR 2001(GP10)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
Car Float Terminal
Title:  Car Float Terminal
Description:  Looking south across Mason Ave. /DL
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:39 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  228   Comments: 0
KRL 45009
Title:  KRL 45009
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:50 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  287   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:51 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  140   Comments: 0
ESHR 2004
Title:  ESHR 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/27/2009  Upload Date: 11/1/2009 8:45:53 AM
Location:  Cape Charles, VA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  241   Comments: 0

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