“They Don't Build 'Em Like That Anymore” E. Francis Baldwin, B&O’s principal architect, designed the railroad’s third Oakland station (1884), which opened for business in 1885. ... (more)
My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)
In an oft repeated scene eastbound coal descends Sand Patch Grade somewhere (I'm guessing) close to Fairhope. This was before the 40-2s became boringly ubiquitous. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from... (more)
Sitting in the sweltering heat of the eastern Old Dominion, this long unit seems to indicate the reduced status of this once bustling yard. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.