The symmetry of the coal loads are visible as this coal drag is about to enter the Harpers Ferry tunnel after crossing the Potomac.

Amtrak's Capitol Limited is stretched out across the Potomac River Bridge crossing from West Virginia into Maryland after the station stop at Harpers Ferry. The train will enter the Harpers Ferry ... (more)

Loaded coal train crosses the Potomac River after passing the historic town and station at Harpers Ferry, WV on a beautiful Autumn morning.

Harper's Ferry, WV 9/11/2012 - An early morning fog lingers over the Potomac River as empty coal hoppers roll west on the Cumberland Subdivision.

It’s October 22, 1990, and the fog has just lifted off the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, as Amtrak’s Capitol Limited finishes its station stop and heads east across the Potomac River a... (more)

Harper's Ferry, WV 8/31/2012 - At 10:37 p.m., the full moon casts a bright glow across this famous Civil War town as loaded autoracks race across the Potomac River behind CSX Q-226 and the Winches... (more)

Amtrak PO 29 running only 6 minutes late is crossing the Harpers Ferry Bridge in the historic park as it slows for the station stop

While technically now in the State of Maryland, a coal train rumbles across the bridge crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry. Loudoun Heights looms high above the river and is the start/end... (more)

Amtrak’s Capitol Limited crosses the Potomac River and slows for a stop at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on a bright April 24, 1996.

It was a spendid Summer day on August 4, 2012 along the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, WV that just hours beforehand was overflowing not with water, but with people tubing, swimming and fishing a... (more)

Fitting right in amid their photogenic surroundings, a pair of CSXT GP 38-2s lead the way westward for the nocturnal Winchester, WV to Brunswick, MD turn on the original main line, now the Shenand... (more)

Eastbound Coal Train passes over the bridges at Harper's Ferry. Part of my Harper's Ferry hike series.

"Easy Does It:" As the sun sets, the evening rock runner slowly navigates the curves on the Shenandoah Sub as it prepares to enter the mainline. For my 100th photo, I had to upload ... (more)

I have always wanted to hike to the top of Maryland Heights at sunrise, finally got the opportunity.