Chesapeake, Wheeling and Erie Railroad

This past February, I ordered thirty 2-pole, 2-position switches from Mouser Electronics. They were out of stock at the time and the company...

During the operating session yesterday, we ran X-1824 which is the MOW ballast train that runs from New Market, VA (east staging) through to...

As I mentioned toward the end of Part 1 of this post ( https://cwerailroad.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-engine-terminal-at-north-pierce.html ), ...

One of the challenges of operating with car cards and waybills is finding somewhere convenient to work with them without damaging anything i...

No- not that kind of curtain call. Perhaps I should have titled this post "A Call for Curtains." In any event, a full set of curta...

Last fall, work began in earnest on the ballast and track in the roundhouse area at North Pierce. There was one primary catalyst for this an...

A week ago, I picked up a section of steel that will eventually become the CTC panel for the railroad. Mt good friend Bill Ford, who is mode...