Heading south not long after sunrise

A rare visitor for the Potomac Valley as a pair of KCS Belle locomotives bracket NS. Pictured crossing the Potomac River from Maryland into West Virginia.

Heading for Hagerstown after a meet with NS 916

CSX Office Car Special crosses the Potomac River from Maryland into West Virginia while enroute to Cumberland.

A fairly rare event having a pair of NS locomotives emerge from Harpers Ferry tunnel and cross the Potomac on the CSX Cumberland Sub.

Shepherdstown, WV 12/1/12 - Moments before the sun breaks the horizon above the distant mountain range, the perfectly still waters of the Potomac River reflect northbound Norfolk to Detroit interm... (more)

Harper's Ferry, WV 11/6/2012 - As the last gasps of sunlight recede below the horizon, the CSX Subdivision mainline is brilliantly lit by the arriving westbound MARC commuter train P-875 making it... (more)

Harper's Ferry, WV 11/9/2012 - Westbound manifest Q-400 exits Harper's Ferry tunnel on the Cumberland Subdivision as it crosses the Potomac River below the craggy cliffs of Maryland Heights at the... (more)

Shepherdstown, WV 11/9/2012 - Fresh out of the Norfolk Southern shops, SD60E 6920 in a special scheme honoring Veterans of the United States Armed Services has command of southbound 37Q as it cros... (more)

Harper's Ferry, WV 11/6/2012 - A hard frost clings to the CSX mainline bridge over the Potomac River as two coal trains meet just before sunrise. Westbound empty hopper train E-721 is exiting the ... (more)

Harper's Ferry, WV 10/26/2012 - On a misty fall morning, westbound local D-787 has three light GPs on the Cumberland Subdivision mainline heading for interchange with the Winchester & Western Rail... (more)

Harper's Ferry, WV 10/26/2012 - On a foggy and misty fall morning, eastbound manifest Q-398 is on the mainline crossing the Potomac River. In the foreground, an older bridge that once also carried... (more)

It’s October 22, 1990, and the fog has just lifted off the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, as Amtrak’s Capitol Limited finishes its station stop and heads east across the Potomac River and t... (more)

Schnabel Cars WECX 801 (blue) & WECX 800 (red) on the move to South Carolina. WECX 801 was built in New Castle, PA by Kasgro, and is the largest railcar ever built in North America. Its constructi... (more)

A trio of NS heritage units, 1066 New York Central, 1065 Savannah and Atlanta and 8102 Pennsylvania Railroad cross the Potomac River from Maryland into West Virginia on a beautiful afternoon.