A westbound freight accelerates out of Carothers Tunnel and past the CPLs that so defined former B&O territory at one time. Carothers is the westernmost of four tunnels that were part of the Magno... (more)

An eastbound CSX intermodal crosses the Potomac River into Maryland from West Virginia

The railroad scene has lost a lot of flavor with the removal of the classic signal systems. Case in point - the distinctive B&O-era color position lights. CSX 5015 East is exiting Carrothers Tunne... (more)

The Sun is setting fast as CSX Q136 plunges out of Graham Tunnel and back across the Potomac River at Magnolia, WV on August 30, 2019

CSX Q216 exits Graham Tunnel and crosses the Potomac River at Magnolia, WV near Paw Paw

CSX utilizes the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Magnolia Cutoff to traverse the Paw Paw Bends of the Potomac River. Looking down an eastbound coal drag crosses the river and will soon pierce... (more)

Do you think the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad could have foreseen another railroad's locomotive or even one from another country use its line to and from without question? Here a Kansas City South... (more)

Empty rack CSX train Q217 on the B&O's Magnolia Cutoff crosses the Potomac River back into West Virginia after briefly burrowing under Maryland via Graham Tunnel in the distance after an Winter sn... (more)

A westbound leans into the curve as it exits the west portal of Carothers Tunnel at Paw Paw, WV.

Westbound empties pass by the "concrete wall" on the Magnolia Cutoff. The original main line, now an access road, lies in the shadows at the bottom left.

Leaning hard into the curve after exiting Graham Tunnel and Kessler Bridge two BNSF loco's lead a buffer car and almost a mile long string of empty tank cars westbound back to the oil fields. This... (more)

Exiting Graham Tunnel and Kessler Bridge two BNSF loco's lead a buffer car and almost a mile long string of empty tank cars westbound back to the oil fields. This train actually covers two states ... (more)

Heading west along the former B&O's Magnolia Cutoff in January, 2012 is train Q217. The head end is passing thru Graham Tunnel, a 900 foot bore thru Tunnel Hill bordered on both sides by the Potom... (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)

Westbound CSX No. 377 passes the westward signal at Carothers, just east of Paw Paw, WV on a steamy day in the Potomac River Valley. This area suffered a particularly bad bout with the Gypsy Moth... (more)