“On The Fly”Diesel exhaust fills the air as a three-unit helper set, led by CS/B&O SD40-2 7613, cuts off “on the fly” at the east portal of Mt. Airy Tunnel after assisting an ea... (more)
“Modus Operandi: N2A”The St. Louis Trailer Train, powered by Chessie System/ B&O GP40-2 4137, CS/B&O GP40-2 4425, and C&O SD40 7562, in N2A configuration, is westbound on Track 1, c... (more)
Baltimore and Ohio power sits at the sanding tower of Central of New Jersey shops at Elizabethport.
Basking in the morning sun with a cut of cars to or from the Belt Line.
“Curtis Bay Mtys”B&O’s Old Main Line, which generally follows the Patapsco River (and the South Branch of the Patapsco) west from Baltimore, plays host to some westbound coal empt... (more)
The seldom documented east portal of the Harpers Ferry under Maryland Heights is not as glamorous as it's brother to the west. The brick face dates to 1894 and the only modification was only very ... (more)
A worn out, old Alco sits just outside the old car shops at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, lashed up with a BL2 and some sort of slug. I am unsure of the origins or plans for this... (more)
“The Not-So-Ubiquitous Chessie GP40-2”Sure, in the 80’s you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Chessie GP40-2. But this example was unique in that it was named, ... (more)
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL A westbound is about to exit the Harpers Ferry Tunnel under Maryland Heights. *Note, did clone out some wires*
A Chessie System GP30 leads an eastbound at Miller, on the B&O Garrett Subdivision, in 1977.
A single B&O Geep is seen traversing through Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.
A pair of Chessie System EMDs bring a manifest freight west through Dolton. Tom Golden photo.
A B&O GP30 brings a Western Maryland caboose across the diamonds at Dolton on their return to nearby Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.
NA Tower or "cabin" in official B&O company documents controlled the interlocking at Martinsburg and Hobbs (9 miles east) until it's closure in 2003. The building was built in 1898 o... (more)
B&O coal train led by an SD35/GP9 duo crosses under the Western Maryland.