It's after midnight under a setting half Moon as the Chambersburg to Chicago intermodal Q015 crosses the Potomac River and a heavy fog begins to lift off the water's surface. The glow in the dista... (more)

Using Norfolk Southern's Lurgan Branch from Hagerstown, MD. KH00 runs up to CP Ship to switch onto the Lurgan Runner *CSX Trackage* and down to the Letterkenny Army Depot.

"She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes..." GCK ex WM 7471 and sister SD35 7436 pose at Helmstetter's Curve as the days last night shine down.

Sitting alongside the mains just west of the B&O Station lay new track sections of crossovers waiting to be installed. The stamp on the side indicates this section was prefabricated by Progress Ra... (more)

A local sits on the siding at the Cumberland, MD Western Maryland Railway Station as a young boy approaches. A crewman steps down and gives the boy a piece of WM literature. This event would ignit... (more)

Catching the last rays of sun before it ducks behind the hills surrounding Harpers Ferry. The Capitol Limited blasts out of the tunnel and slows for its regular station stop. Notice the high water... (more)

GCK Engines pose just outside of Brush Tunnel in what could pose as a set of helper engines in the 1970's heading up the hill to the summit at Deal, PA to fetch a stalled train. Lighting provided ... (more)

On the other side of this ridge sits the Potomac River and Harpers Ferry, WV. Its just after midnight and Q370 has the clear signal to proceed east and enters Harpers Ferry Tunnel. It's lights ill... (more)

Nothing like a little bit of ICE to cool ya down a a nice spring day after a good hike. Seen here crossing the Potomac is an eastbound ethanol train destined for Baltimore as seen from a top Maryl... (more)

CSX Q216 reaches the summit of the upper Shenandoah Valley at Hobbs on the Cumberland Sub near Bardane, WV on March 28, 2012. Rain clouds loom in the distance as the sun had set over the horizon a... (more)

The Winchester and Western "Sandman" bringing loads from the mine at Gore comes around a curve halfway between Hayfield and Winchester. This line is part of the original RoW of the old W&W and tra... (more)

About an hour after sunset and 386 seconds it took as MARC P883, rolls across the Potomac River and makes it's station stop. At the same time coal train U825 is stopped waiting for P883 to depart.... (more)

38Q crosses the Potomac River under the Super Moon of 2012 at Shepherdstown, WV.

Maryland Heights overlooking Harpers Ferry, WV offers several vantage points. Here the rock outcroppings provide a frame for an eastbound coal train. The Hilltop House can be seen on the opposite ... (more)

Dashing through downtown Charles Town at a clip of 10 mph in front of the American Public University Eastern Panhandle Campus in low light conditions is K796 on the old B&O Valley Branch.