U306 passes thru Cooks Mill @ 1/15th To see another view of this train just 12 seconds earlier Click Here

Pleasant View Dairy? At least the name is somewhat fitting... most people call this Cooks Mills but the locals tell me that is wrong... even the road is clearly marked Cooks Mill...

Fishermen are paying no attention

The rear helpers on CSX U306-15 eastbound coal just went under the old WM viaduct

CSX U306-15 eastbound under the old WM viaduct

An empty Bailey-Cross coal train rumbles west out of the Harpers Ferry Tunnel bound for the Mon coal fields of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

U306 heads East at Mckeesport. The tracks on the left are that of the Mon Sub, which ultimately head to NS rails at Brownsville.

U306 throttles down to store it's load at Green Junction, not far behind me.

A colorful ACe pops out of Sand Patch tunnel and pauses to let go of the helpers on the other end.

The last light of day reaches the foot of the beginning of the Sand Patch grade on this loaded U306.

A empty "Bailey-Cross" coal train powered by three big 6 axles charges west. One more mile and U306 will summit the westward climb out of the Potomac River Valley. In about 45 minutes this train w... (more)

Trains Trains Everywhere! U306 leads the pack, followed by V634 who needed marker attention, Q368 power sits by the tower, and D721 with Ex RF&P unit sits on 1 waiting to get into the yard.