The Sand Man with a GP9 and 11 loaded covered hoppers of sand departs Gore for Winchester, Virginia.

The Cadilac of CSX's fleet, the SD50, leads tonnage train Q376 over the summit at "Hobbs" as snow changes to sleet.

Just days earlier, a telegraph line ran along the east side of the tracks here at Ashby. Not in use any more and in the way of the future second main, the telegraph line was removed July 18, 2008.

After leaving North Platte, a Omaha Gas and Electric coal drag has an easy run across the Corn Husker State along the Platte River valley enroute to Cook, Missouri.

The Sand Man rounds the base of Great North Mountain into Gainsboro to begin the short 1 mile 2% ruling grade east towards Hayfield.

Smokin!

There are not to many crystal clear days in Harpers Ferry during the month of August.

A crew van from Brunswick Terminal waits as the Q751 crew parks there power.

Q751, the morning Rock Runner sits on the quarry connection track, waiting for a late D791 to pass. Once D791 passes, the Rock Runner crew will double their train and head east to Bladensburg, Mar... (more)

Two GEe's chillin' under the street lights on a chilly spring night. Both built in January of 2008.

A long way from the grasslands of South Dakota and corn country of Iowa, a pair of DM&E SD40-2's and a CITX SD40-2 lead empty E-nol train K675 west through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A pair of former Conrail 80Mac's along with a GP40-2, SD40-2, and a CW40-8 lead manifest Q398 through the sprawling metropolis of Sandy Hook, Maryland.

After setting off a coal car that caught on fire, U830 gets ready to "knock" down the eastbound clear signal at Hancock, WV, to resume its trip to the Port of Baltimore, MD, from Somerset Mine in ... (more)

After setting off the loaded sand cars, the Sand Man ran light to Clearbrook where 19 empty sand hoppers were picked up to be taken back to Gore.

The night time Rock Runner pulls into the yard for an inspection.