Baltimore & Ohio SD50 #8582, Seaboard System SD40-2 #8013 and CSX U18B #1905 lead a Mobile (AL) export coal train thru Lewis Grizzard's hometown. #8582 was built August 1984 and later became CSX ... (more)
Those familiar with the B&O Magnolia Cut Off will recognize this location as Concrete Wall. When B&O constructed the Cut Off in 1913-1914, they were faced with an obstacle at a bend in the Potoma... (more)
In the wee hours of the morning of March 20, 1976, an eastbound manifest was climbing Newburg Grade at Austen, WV when the head end got into a wheel slip situation. Four SD35s on the rear shoved ... (more)
It is March 20, 1976 and we are at West End, west of Tunnelton, WV at the top of Newburg Grade. It guess the best way to handle this is left to right. On the left is WS Tower, which controlled a... (more)