When the last scoop of coal is thrown in the boiler and the engines are put to bed for the night, there is a few moments for a short break amongst the hulks of torn down engines. Time for a more s... (more)

Southbound across the South Branch of the Potomac.

The Selma to New Bern freight passes the Pine Level VFW just a few hundred yards out of the Selma yard on a pleasantly warm Saturday morning.

As a storm front moves over the lowlands of eastern NC, a CLNA local gets rolling out of the small town of Belhaven with empties bound for the junction with the CLNA mainline at Pinetown, 17 miles... (more)

An ACL 4-6-0 and SAL Russian Decapod sit stuffed and mounted in the East Spencer roundhouse. Here's the goods on these two: SAL 544: Built 1918 by ALCO (Brooks); 52" drivers; 25x28" cylinders; 5... (more)

From a pedestrian overpass, we see 203 backing down to the 5pm Easter Bunny Express of the Three Rivers Rambler. A close look down the tracks shows KXHR's Chattanooga Traction Co. SW1 #4 following... (more)

Look closely at the horses...they were terrified by the thunderous exhaust of 425 accelerating up to track speed and - in an effort to escape to the other end of the field - tripped all over each ... (more)

Just outside of Romney, a maintenance area holds a few interesting remnants. Please comment on the heritage of this dismembered loco if you have any info.

Cass acquired this 1920 class 80-3 Shay from Washington in 2002. Initial plans, which called for restoring this engine in short order because of the sound boiler, never happened. One can see that... (more)

Though 98 stole the show on Pufferbelly Day - first with her 100th birthday celebration, then by leading the doubleheaded trips and handling a private charter - that morning allowed a comparison w... (more)

While most of their running is through the fields and forests of Eastern NC, there are a few locations - such as the crossing of the Pamlico River in Washington - that really put the "coast" in Ca... (more)

A fascinating scene under stormy skies in rural upstate SC is the old Pickens RR shop. Note the ash pit in the foreground, a reminder of steam days. Two locomotives apparently awaiting rebuild by ... (more)

Two former South Branch Valley ALCOs, one still in B&O paint, sit in the weeds near Cass without a single intact pane of glass to their name.

A colorful train for a gloomy day: the high bridge over Shaver’s Fork plays host to a Mountain State RR & Logging Historical Assoc. excursion.

G&O's 2 pristine 2-8-0's side side by side just out of downtown Knoxville.