Yes, OK it is SBD and that's its short lived new number but I want to hang on to "our railroad" a little longer. This is what happens when a locomotive that's been filthy all it's like ... (more)

A former WM SD40 sits on a siding north of Goshen.

Z631 yards their train in Clifton Forge with WM 7471 leading.

Z631 heads down the Selma Lead bound for Clifton Forge Yard, where they'll swap cars for the return trip to Staunton.

Z631 exits a work area and works their way west towards the CSX connection at Clifton Forge behind four EMDs.

Buckingham Branch's Z631 accelerates out of Bells Valley, VA with a train for the CSX interchange at Clifton Forge. Leading is a leased Precision Locomotive SD40 7471, dressed in as-delivered West... (more)

Western Maryland SD40 7571 leads at Chinchester, PA on Baltimore & Ohio's westbound train 85. This was the third of three trains that the crowd "suffered" at Meetinghouse Road while wait... (more)

Forge Fall: WM 7471 leads westbound Buckingham Branch Railroad local Z631 westbound into Clifton Forge, Virginia, on the last stretch of their run for the day.

Millboro Maryland: WM 7471 leads westbound Buckingham Branch Railroad local Z631 westbound out of Millboro Tunnel in Millboro, Virginia.

Western Maryland 7471 eases BB Z631 onto the Selma Lead in Clifton Forge.

On the side of Duff Mountain two units await southbound train. One still wears the colors of our beloved Clinchfield. An occasional car over on US 25, the wind and perhaps a distant chainsaw are... (more)

Southern Pacific 7319 slowly leads a long manifest through the reverse curve as it heads east up San Timoteo Canyon.

Whining dynamic brakes bounce off the mountain ridges and echo through rural Alleghany County as engineer Ian Whaley holds back his train on the descent through Crane, Copeland and Griffith before... (more)

An L&N original leads a lengthy lashup headed for Louisville as summer approaches and the midwest haze hugs the ground. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

A pair of former Penn Central units move lite on the IHB at Calumet Park Junction. Tom Golden photo.