Autorack train Q216 makes its way through the "Narrows" as it navigates the last couple miles of the ex-B&O Keystone Subdivision before entering Cumberland for a recrew.

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Fall on the Port Road at Wildcat Point Tunnel. A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide form my collection.

Conrail E44s #4457 and 4436 drop the pans at 'Minnick'. A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Winchester and Western 86 was running late this evening by about an hour. It made for this incredible scene as it crossed the Potomac River into Maryland just before sunset on its way to Hagerstow... (more)

Northbound Acela Express 2124 crosses the Susquehanna River minutes before the sun dips below the horizon. The century-plus old structure is quite a contrast among the more modern Acela trainset.

“In the Hole”
CSX Q403-27, the Selkirk to Baltimore manifest, with CSXT C40-8W 7827 in the lead, is held on the siding at West Aikin, while the priority intermodal/OJT Q140-27, led b... (more)

CLEAR WASHINGTON JUNCTION! Well, that was the name of this location when the B&O built the Metropolitan Branch from DC to Point of Rocks. E792 runs off the Old Main Line from Baltimore whereas M... (more)

“Queen City Flyer”
CSX R377 (ex-QCFL, Queen City Flyer), led by ex-L&N CSXT C30-7 7048, charges west on the Philly Sub, halfway between the intermediates at Bradshaw (mp 76.1)... (more)

Having just passed under N Howard St, Q409-24 prepares to enter the short tunnel under West Mount Royal Avenue, with the Howard St Tunnel just ahead.

There are few freight cars that are more distinctive than the B&O’s “wagontop” box cars. Conceived out of the necessity to replace older double-sheathed boxcars with steel ones, the class M1... (more)

On a cold Saturday morning, two unit trains wait for permission to head East. On the right is CSX W754, sporting the recently modernized #480, which has been equipped with cab signals within the l... (more)

A pair of Chessie System Geeps, with B&O 4336 on the point, leads coal mtys out of Curtis Bay west on the Old Main Line at St. Denis, on April 19, 1986.

An MDDE crew is busy switching industries around Federalsburg, MD. The train is being shoving across Marshyhope Creek by RS3m 1203 which was built as DL&W RS3 913 (later EL 1052). It was rebuilt... (more)