Westbound B&O train OBSS (Orange Blossom Special South) was passing over Thomas Viaduct in Relay, MD on Jan. 17, 1987. Because RF&P was equipped with Automatic Train Control, a RF&P unit on that ... (more)

Westbound B&O hotshot No. 397 was climbing up into Roddy's Sag, west of Glencoe, PA, late in the day on June 6, 1987. Roddy's Sag is a short reprieve from the climb up Sand Patch Grade. Looking ... (more)

Westbound B&O manifest WI-99 was climbing upgrade around Bracken's Curve at Brackens, PA on June 6, 1987. The lead unit, GP38 No. 2046, must have been a fairly early CSX repaint. Note the "B&O" ... (more)

The westbound B&O "Chicagoan" was exiting Randolph Tunnel near Doe Gully, WV on Sept. 15, 1985, led by C&O GP40 No. 4074.

On October 11, 1986 I spied this motor car at Paw Paw, WV on the Magnolia Cut Off. By this time, motor cars were becoming downright rare. I set up for a shot and I wasn't going to move until I g... (more)

Westbound B&O CHTT, the "Chicago Trailer Train," was rounding a curve east of Paw Paw, WV as the morning mist lifted in the Potomac River Valley on June 1, 1986.

A set of helpers on the rear of a B&O eastbound manifest were passing the station at Point of Rocks, MD on April 12, 1985.

A westbound B&O empty hopper train was passing under the signal bridge at Little Niagara, WV on June 1, 1986. Little Niagara is located a little over a mile west of Paw Paw. The location has ano... (more)

A westbound B&O manifest was passing the signal at Okonoko, WV on May 19, 1984 with C&O SD50 No. 8558. Okonoko is the west end of the Magnolia Cut Off. At one point it went from four tracks to t... (more)

A westbound B&O empty hopper train was splitting the signals at Doe Gully, WV on Oct. 9, 1983. The train was bound from Hagerstown to Cumberland. One will note that the third unit was a WM BL2 a... (more)

A westbound B&O manifest was exiting Stuart Tunnel near Magnolia, WV on Oct. 8, 1983, led by GP40 No. 3694.

An eastbound B&O manifest was dropping down Sand Patch Grade, just east of Foley, PA on Aug. 15, 1982. Many will likely note that this is the track level view below the famous shot from the overl... (more)

A westbound B&O manifest was climbing up Sand Patch Grade just east of Brackens Curve on Aug. 14, 1982. I remember thinking how nice it would have been if that freshly painted GP30M third out cou... (more)

I had always been curious of what Sand Patch Grade was like between the east end of Falls Cut Tunnel and Fairhope, PA. On Aug. 1, 1981, I decided to find out and hiked it. About midway down ther... (more)

B&O SD40-2 No. 7617 was leading a westbound empty hopper train out of Randolph Tunnel near Doe Gully, WV on Oct. 12, 1980.