EB train passing a incoming WB.
It was Labor Day and we found a whole field full of units, shut down and not a soul to be seen. They're probably still finding the orange film boxes.
Local departing
The engine terminal at Danville, West Virginia, sits in the shadow of the recently constructed US119 bridge.
There's plenty of power for all of the mine shifters at Danville on this spring morning in 1983.
B&O GP40-2 4427 leads a "Grafton Railroad Heritage Special" from Grafton, WV to Connellsville, PA on the FM&P Subdivision at Morgantown, WV on September 13, 1986.
A derailment inside the Harpers Ferry Tunnel a few days earlier caused major delay's for freight trains. This in turn, made it possible to photograph R135 with a Chessie leader in afternoon sunlig... (more)
Almost everything in this scene has changed, but there is one constant - coal still remains king at Grafton.
A small portion of the power at the engine terminal on this summer afternoon. Just six years later everything but the mainline, a couple of yard tracks, and the shell of the coaling tower would b... (more)
Even under the clouds, with the mountain mist moving in, the old Chessie paint scheme really stood out.