Climax 3 working hard near Durbin with a MSRLHA photo charter.

Climax 3 performs a photo runby in an open field near Durbin.

Climax cylinder plate and builders plate on C/N 1059, now operating on the D&GV in rural West Virginia.

The water hose hanging below No. 3's tank is not just for looks. It's used to siphon water from a creek midway during the trip down the ex-C&O Greenbrier line.

The Western Maryland 243 rolls past the old mine foundations at Linan, West Virginia.

This train is negotiating the sharp curve on the ex-Western Maryland line now operated by West Virginia Central. How sharp? We were told that it's the second sharpest main line curve (formerly) ... (more)

Inside the cab of a former Canadian Pacific FP7A, now "WM 243" on the West Virginia Central. The railroad operates a former WM branch out of Elkins, for both tourist and freight service. There w... (more)

Not much remains of the coal loadout at Linan, WV, although the tracks remain in place.

Former Clinchfield 200 now wears WM paint and a new number, 67, for service on the ex-WM "Coal & Iron" line, now part of West Virginia Central. Here it's performing a photo runby at Cheat Bridge ... (more)

Engine Number 5 has been going up against the mountain since 1905 - it's the second oldest Shay in existence, and the oldest still operating. Here it takes a well-deserved rest outside the Cass s... (more)

Climax No. 3 performs a runby during the return trip to Durbin after pulling a MSRLHA special along the river.

Backwoods railroading in Appalachia courtesy the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley. Climax No. 3 is working its way towards the Durbin, WV, enginehouse on a cool spring evening after pulling a MSRLHA ch... (more)

A pair of EMD F units power a passenger train along the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River on a very rainy day in Appalachia. The F units (of Canadian Pacific and Clinchfield pedigree) are painted t... (more)

B&O Camel 305 on display at the "Birthplace of American Railroading," the Mount Clare depot and roundhouse in Baltimore, now home to the B&O Railroad Museum. No. 305 was severely damaged when the... (more)

Cass Scenic Shays 4 and 5 pose for photos alongside the coal dock. Lighting by MSRLHA/Steve Barry