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Spectre in the Night
This is the westbound James Whitcomb Riley, which ran between Washington and Chicago. It would be renamed the Cardinal about seven months after this image was made. We’re on the C&O at Clifton Forge, Virginia; the train is powered by a GE P30CH built in August of 1975 (in Phase II paint).
One image by Richard Koenig; taken on March 22nd 1977.
Clifton Forge Nº 1
4x5, graflex, x-ray film On Flickr © Eben Ostby June 08, 2020 at 09:15AM. All rights reserved
We hope everyone had a fun and safe Memorial Day Weekend. While it is the unofficial kick-off to summer, it is a day set aside to remember all who served in the military and those who gave their lives.
So, with summer comes festivals. This weekend is the Heritage Day Festival at the Masonic and C&O Rail Heritage at the C&O Museum. There will be entertainment, train rides for a small fee, carriage rides, and lots of good food. As we do every year, we have an exhibit of quilts at the Art Center and then we will also be selling baked goodies at the tent that says Alleghany Arts and Crafts Center. There is also the Homecoming Festival the weekend of June 9, if you are looking for something to do, the following weekend.
As for ways to stay cool this summer we have for the kiddo’s the first session of our Summer Art Camp starting June 5. The week is about teaching art techniques to the kids, but also about letting them explore their interests in art. We also, have some adult classes in the works, so the grown up can get out of the heat for a little while as well.
In keeping up with technology, we were contacted by Uniguide, they wanted to create an audio guide/information about the Art Center. The guide is live. You will be able to accesses the guide via the Uniguide App on a mobile device. We thought this was an awesome way to let people know about the Art Center. When you go into the App you will search for Clifton Forge and it will come right up. The best part is that in addition to the other constant exhibits we have, it specially lets people know that our Fall Festival show opens the third weekend of October in conjunction with the Fall Festival and it lets people know that the Quilt Show goes up for the Heritage Day festival in the first weekend in June.
Spectre in the Night—the James Whitcomb Riley
This is the westbound James Whitcomb Riley, which ran between Washington and Chicago. It would be renamed the Cardinal about seven months after this image was made. We’re on the C&O at Clifton Forge, Virginia; the train is powered by a GE P30CH.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken March 22nd 1977.
Clifton Forge Cemetery building
Graflex On Flickr © Eben Ostby August 31, 2019 at 05:12PM. All rights reserved
The gates of hell
Clifton Forge Zarya with Snapshot Skopar On Flickr © Eben Ostby August 18, 2019 at 01:10PM. All rights reserved
Spectres in the Night—Clifton Forge
Driving back from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area, we stopped to do some night shots in the mountains. After bagging the James Whitcomb Riley in Clifton Forge, we photographed some C&O power.
The pair of 3900 and 3901 are interesting—two EMD GP39s, of which only 23 were made, and the Chesapeake & Ohio had 20 of them. Also we see a pair of General Electric U25Bs, with their long nose and one-piece windshields.
Two images by Richard Koenig; taken March 22nd 1977.
Where to live
An odd, round structure auxiliary to a coaling tower. Clifton Forge, Va FED Zarya On Flickr © Eben Ostby October 10, 2019 at 12:34PM. All rights reserved
