Blake hosts a set of crossovers, and a picturesque reverse curve.
Grain train 56R glides downhill through the last amber rays of sunlight to reach this deep into the hollow on this November 2005 evening.
Train V34 traverses the crossover from main 2 to main 1 in February 2005.
Train 185 approaches Blake as the fall colors start to show in October 2004.
Westbound train 277 passes under Interstate 77 west of Blake in November 2003, photographed by Robb Fisher from the safety of a moving vehicle.
A train lead by seven BNSF units was captured by Robb Fisher approaching the crossovers at Blake in November 2002. He also caught the same train at Oakvale.
An SD60 leads an autorack train around the reverse curves in November 2002.
An empty hopper train passes the crossovers in August 2002 while waiting
for an eastbound train with a BNSF pumkin unit to arrive. The downside
of the wonderfully scenic hollows of West Virginia is that you loose the
sunlight quicker in the evening. By the time the train arrived, the
crossovers were in the shade, but the sunlight was still hitting the
train down around the curve, resulting in an interesting 'mood shot'.
A train of side-dump cars being loaded with large rocks from the
quarry at Blake in July 2002. Also in July, SD60M 6801 leads a
loaded coal train eastbound. In August 2002, an Operation Lifesaver
GP59 brings an empty hopper train around the reverse curves.
