This is a Governer's Special for his vist to the Petersburg area. SBVR 6604, here in her orginial B&O colors, was built as a passenger loco, you can see the boiler vent on the short nose and her "... (more)

The perfect Christmas present..less than 200ft from my home in Barton, these appeared two days ago, and the sun finally shone on them today! As far west as an engine has been on this old line in ... (more)

Pretty in black..Georges Creek Railway 25 is done in Western Maryland Speed Lettering. This exact locomotive was bought new by the WM and the nose chopped by them.

Amtrak Heritage Unit 145, lead engine on the Capital Limited this day, brightens the gloomy weather at it's stop at Cumberland. It's the second time she's been on the Cap since her repaint, and ha... (more)

The engines made it thru the switch, which leads me to think something broke as the first hopper refused to follow. Early morning trouble for the trainmaster, as the engines are on 2 west freight... (more)

Heard of street running? This is alley running! This is on the old Western Maryland Thomas sub, right next to the New Page Paper Mill. Two six axles, eightyfour coal loads, and two more six axles ... (more)

Tower operator Will Goff gets into the armstrong lever at the 106 year old Keyser Tower. "Z" Tower and Will both retired August 4th of this year. The interlocking is now handled by a Huntington di... (more)

Several CSX locomotives now wear Heritage emblems on their cabs, here's 3010 with hers.

My first ride in an "F" unit. That's engineer Wayne Badger at the F's controls.

Resting at the shops, waiting for her regular inspection and maybe and oil change. She was the first in what has become a long, long line of AC44CW's for CSX. And there's no doubt she spent a lot ... (more)

These two ES44AH engines and plow SC701 are crewed and waiting orders to move by the dispatcher. They will travel to Bayard, WVA, and plow from there to the Mt Storm Power plant, almost 30" of sno... (more)

It's crew change time, and the fellas are in lock step as they cross the eastbound main to their waiting power. Looks like they are gonna be gone for a while, lotsa baggage!

Two lines of locomotives in the CSX yard at Cumberland. It was erie this Memorial Day at the shop and yard..no trains, and not one locomotive was idling, total quiet, the first time I've ever seen... (more)

Former Geneva Works 1160 looks quite forlorn here, out back of the CSX locomotive shop waiting for shipment. CSX always keeps transported engines at the shop, never on a freight track, and always ... (more)

The 303's train rest on a new spur just constructed by the George's Creek. The two ballast cars in the consist are from the long gone Ma & Pa. and evidently the only two they had. The Alco is engi... (more)