Jordan Snow Plow with Chessie still sleeping spotted in the remnants of the yard at Quinnimont, deep in the heart of the New River Gorge. Don't see many of these in Southern Appalachia.
It was early evening on August 13, 1985 and a late eastbound C&O manifest No. 794 was banging across the RF&P main line at Doswell, VA with lone B30-7 No. 8280 for power. No. 794 usually rated tw... (more)
In years gone by, before the automobile was the primary mode of travel, hotels were built in close proximity to railroad stations to facilitate the traveling public. Such was the case in Gordonsv... (more)
Westbound C&O manifest No. 795 was rounding the curve and passing "G" tower in Gordonsville, VA on Sept. 22, 1984 with three B30-7s. The train was on the Piedmont Subdivision and was about to en... (more)
The brakeman had dismounted and was throwing the switch for C&O's eastbound Piedmont West End Local to enter the siding at Beaverdam, VA, on March 3, 1984, to do some local work. Empty covered ho... (more)
