A westbound CSX freight pops out of Carothers Tunnel on the Magnolia Cut-off--a major construction project of the B&O dating to the WWI era. The distinctive B&O CPL signals are probably gone by no... (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)

Paw Paw, WV 10/5/12 - As fog settling over the Potomac River begins to shroud the stars deep in the hollows of the Green Ridge State Forest, eastbound autoracks of Q-226 pound over Kesslers Bridge... (more)

Exiting Graham Tunnel and crossing the Potomac River across Kessler Bridge is Q217 just east of Paw Paw, WV. The rear of the train is still at Magnolia, WV while passing through the tunnel it is i... (more)

Paw Paw, WV 10/5/12 - Photography is about capturing light and its interaction with the subject that interests us. That is what captivates me about night photography, where the presence and absenc... (more)

The waning gibbous moon is just starting to rise over the hillside casting an eerie glow on the fog rolling down into the Potomac River Valley.

An Eastbound intermodal train (probably... (more)

A Full Moon illuminates overcast skies over the Magnolia Cutoff and the B&O CPL signals at Carothers light up for a westbound train. These signals would continue to only shine for two more months ... (more)

CSX 938 leads a empty coal train westbound through Randolph Tunnel.

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.

Looking at this scene in any book or on the web and you would easily know it was at Paw Paw, WV. The tunnel in the distance is Carothers Tunnel, the western most on the B&O Magnolia Cutoff. NOTICE... (more)

Just west of Paw Paw, WV and technically still on the Magnolia Cutoff lies Little Niagara or as old heads call it "Bird S**t Hollow." This bridge once controlled all four tracks of the Cutoff unti... (more)

A fresh 8 inches of snow had fallen as U825 rounds Kessler Curve on the Magnolia Cutoff.

The B&O CPL signals at Carothers stand tall as an eastbound coal train illuminates the fog as it has just exited Carothers Tunnel on the Magnolia Cutoff while a westbound train enters the block at... (more)

A loaded eastbound coal drag glides out of the eastern portal of Carothers Tunnel. Change is upon the Magnolia Cutoff. No more CPLs here...all that is left is a base.