After holding at the eastbound signal for the westbound I115-22 to clear the CHERRY RUN interlocking, counterpart I116-21 (Bedford Park, IL to Chambersburg, PA) diverges 2 to 1 to 4, where it’s ... (more)

“Mile 692�
Amtrak’s Floridian {Train 41(21)}, here eastbound on No. 1 track at CHERRY RUN, would, within seconds of the exposure, diverge onto No. 4 track, and take the rive... (more)

I116 heads through the Potomac River valley after a fresh snow on a cold January morning. In a few miles he will cross the river and head on former Western Maryland trackage to Hagerstown, Md. and... (more)

A Western Maryland SD40 is going solo up the Potomac Valley in the spring of 1981. No. 7570 was built as the WM 7470 in 1966.

"STEEL ROAD TO THE STARS"
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A GP38-2 passes under the signal bridge at Miller Tower.

The Operator at Miller Tower gives the "highball" to a passing eastbounder.

The second trick operator at Miller Tower, located at the junction of the Cumberland and Lurgan Subdivisions, hard at work late in the evening.

CSX 3091 leads a coal drag onto the low grade at Cherry Run, West Virginia.

CSX 834 leads Q401 past Cherry Run, West Virginia.

Friendly CSX Tower operator Allen Brougham throws the levers in Miller Tower in Cherry Run, WV shortly before it closed in 2000.

In 1995, high-tech propane switch heaters had yet to come to the CSX interlocking at Miller Tower in Cherry Run, WV. Old kerosene switch pots were still in use. They were dirty, smelly and requi... (more)

One of the responsibilities of a Tower Operator was to inspect passing trains. On a steamy July 23, 2000, CSX Operator Paul Swain, pad and pencil in hand, was inspecting an empty hopper train as ... (more)

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)

Miller Tower was in its final days when CSX Operator Paul Swain was "highballing" a westbound freight on the evening of July 22, 2000. I shall be forever grateful for the hospitality Paul and oth... (more)