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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: West Virginia coal train

By Eric White | May 12, 2025

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A model steam locomotive leads a coal train through the mountains of West Virginia

The mountains of Virginia and West Virginia provide a picturesque backdrop for trains on Dudley Ross’s freelanced Chesapeake & Ohio layout. In this scene, C&O 2-6-6-2 no. 1530 brings a string of loaded coal hoppers down from the mine. Bernard Kempinski photographed the N scale scene. You can see more photos of Dudley’s layout in Great Model Railroads 2005.


Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence.

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