Watching CSX While Visiting My Dad in 2009

I often enjoyed watching CSX trains at St. Albans, West Virginia while visiting my dad in Charleston.  In 2009, I spent much of the year in Charleston studying East Coast railroads.
A few times we drove to nearby Huntington and beyond to Catlettsburg, Kentucky.  I enjoyed watching trains cross the Big Sandy River as they made their way to Cincinnati and beyond on the old Chesapeake & Ohio. 

A Moment in Cumberland Along the Baltimore And Ohio

I enjoy visiting the historic route of the Baltimore and Ohio.  Many of the cities and towns along the right of way are rich with scenery and history.
Many times, I find myself pausing in Cumberland.  I enjoy watching the freight trains of today's CSX and Amtrak's Capitol Limited as they pass through town.
Cumberland is known as the Queen City.  Cumberland developed as a key junction of the Baltimore and Ohio, where traffic headed for Pittsburgh and Chicago diverged from the line to Cincinnati and St. Louis.