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Chris Parker and I got up to this very wet rainy morning. I was glad that yesterday we had taken our equipment pictures in the sunny afternoon light. We enjoyed a continental breakfast before we drove to the Whitewater Valley Railroad Station in Connersville. An umbrella would be very much needed this morning. We went inside the station to check in and us usual meet plenty of my rare mileage friends from all over the country. We went back under the overhead to wait for our train to back into our station.
The train backing down to the station. With my umbrella I walked down for some pictures.
The front of our train on this dark rainy morning.
The power was the New York Central Alco 9339. We all boarded and a few minutes later we headed north to the bridge where the CSX Railroad crosses our route. We all detrained for pictures here. Once we were all off, our train then backed into position.
They announced a CSX westbound freight would be here in ten minutes. I went under the overhang of a bar to stay dry until the freight was heard. I then set up for my pictures.
We got lucky when a CSX westbound freight came along for the over-under picture we all wanted. We all reboarded and then we headed south back by Connersville Station. We continued by the Whitewater Valley Railroad Shops and through the yard to Dearborn Tower for our next photo runby. We all detrained and set up our photo lines.
The backup move.
The Photo Runby at Dearborn Tower. We reboarded the train and continued south as the rain began to let up some. We crossed the Williams Creek on a double arch bridge which is over a hundred years old. The train ran through Nulltown and we slowed for our next photo runby at the "Nulltown International Airport". We detrained and lined up in the grass field used for a local airport.
The backup move.
The Nulltown Airport Photo Runby. We all reboarded then as we continued south we passed the Berlin Lock. We ran by Alpine then by the Conwell Lock. The next two locks we ran by were the Garrison's and Hendrick's Locks. The train ran though Laurel and a few minutes later we crossed the West Fork of the Whitewater River. The train stopped on a grade crossing and we all detrained for our next photo runby.
The train backing across the West Fork of the Whitewater River/Laurel Bridge #125. I relocated to down by the Whitewater River.
Photo Runby 2 at the Whitewater River Bridge. They then posed the train out on the Whitewater River Bridge. I then switched to the west side of the bridge for more pictures.
I stopped just short of the grade crossing for this picture.
After this picture I moved just more slightly west.
The final posed picture at the Whitewater River Bridge. We all reboarded the train and soon we were on our way to our next photo runby location at Triple Crossing Curve. We all detrained for our next photo runby here.
The back up move.
Photo Runby 3.
A photo line at this location.
Back up move.
Photo Runby 4. We all then got back onto the train and we headed towards Laurel Siding. Once we got there, some of us detrained and got to watch the train being rearranged for our return north later.
Our power running around our train.
I reboarded the train and here they are switching the consist around to put us at the rear of the train.
Passengers taking photographs during this part of the trip. Once everyone was back onboard and the train put back together we backed into Metamora and detrained for lunch into the pouring rain. I headed to a coffee bar and ordered a pair of Hot Dogs and a Coke. After lunch, I decided to have a look around.
The train by the Metamora Lock.
The engine with the Grist Mill behind it.
The waterfall next to the Metamora Lock.
Here is the train, the Metamora Lock and waterfall.
The rear of our train at Metamora.
The Metamora Lock and waterfall. I reboarded the train and later we headed down towards the end of track.
The Whitewater Canal.
We then passed the Lock 24. The train passed the Hearthstone Restaurant where we ate at last night then slowly backed all the way to the end of track. After a few moments there, we started the trip north as the rains continued.
Heading north along the Whitewater Canal.
We stopped at Lock 24 for posed pictures. Here is a picture from below.
Here is the train with Lock 24 in the picture.
Back onboard we headed north back to Connersville as we rolled along the restored Whitewater Canal.
The Duck Creek Bridge which is reportedly the only remaining covered aqueduct in the country.
Another view of the interesting structure.
One of our passengers Ralph celebrated his 90th Birthday aboard our train this weekend.
Later we crossed the Whitewater River as the rain continued to come down. As we neared Connersville I called Lets Talk Trains, that fantastic Internet Radio Show, and told about this trip briefly. We returned early into Connersville and I detrained into this rainy world for a few last pictures.
Views at the Connersville Station.
New York Central Alco 9339 after a fantastic trip aboard the Whitewater Valley Railroad
Photo Freight.
The NYC 9339 builder plate before I found Chris Parker and we then drove north on Highway 1 to US 40 which we turned west onto. We drove about forty miles to Knightstown and found the station for our next trip but alas that will be another story.
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