An eastbound B&O coal drag was giving it everything it had as struggled the last couple of miles into Terra Alta, WV on June 21, 1980 with GP30 No. 6953, three GP9s and a GP35. I have always been... (more)

A westbound empty hopper train was dropping down Cranberry Grade, west of Terra Alta, WV on Oct. 24, 1977, led by C&O GP38 No. 3898. Back then I did a lot of camping by the railroad and this is f... (more)

An eastbound B&O manifest was grinding up Cranberry Grade, west of Terra Alta, WV on October 24, 1977 with three GP40-2s.

Terra Alta, WV 10/7/2010 - An image of a bygone era of railroading, 56 "pistol grip" interlocking levers once controlled an extensive array of switches and signals at the summit of Cranberry Grade... (more)

Terra Alta, WV 10/7/2010 - CSX signal maintainer Gerry Cathall inspects the interlocking machine inside Terra Alta tower on the former B&O Mountain Subdivision. The tower was closed more than two ... (more)

CSX eastbound coal train U822 climbs out of the hole as it reaches the top of Cranberry Grade on the ex-B&O West End.

Two ES44Ac's shove hard to the summit of Cranberry grade in Terra Alta just a few miles to the east as they pass a grave yard dating back to the early to mid 1800's.

An eastbound B&O coal drag grinds up Cranberry Grade west of Terra Alta, WV on October 21, 1977. As seemed to frequently be the case back then, a second generation unit is leading a mixed bag of ... (more)

The CSX business train drops down the B&O's Cranberry Grade near Grave Yard Curve.

A pair of brand new AC4400's shove Q316 around Bradshaw Curve as the eastbound climbs the B&O's famous Cranberry Grade towards Terra Alta.

The rear pushers of eastbound loaded coal train CSX U388 round the second of two short horsehoe curves past a cemetery of "silent sentinals". This scenic location is a few miles west of Terra Alt... (more)

An eastbound coal train struggles to reach the top of Cranberry Grade.

A former Conrail SD70MAC leads an eastbound coal train to the summit of Cranberry Grade.

V653 seen here at the apex of the Cranberry Grade. At Run 8 and nearly walking pace, you could hear this train coming for 5 mins

U306 passes long closed CA tower in "Terry Allie," as the train crews call it. The mix of state-of-the-art engines and relics from the past like CA tower are one of the most intresting parts of th... (more)