In the fall of 1994 I made a visit to the famous Sand Patch grade. Traffic was plentiful that day and the weather and fall color was fantastic. While predecessor colors were still fairly common I ... (more)

"The Lurgan Local"
CSX 8570 an EMD SD50-2 rebuild leads the Chambersburg, PA local down the high line of the old Western Maryland Lurgan as it approaches New Franklin on it's ... (more)

After meeting a couple northbounds, Q541 gets an approach signal to follow K803 south.

The conductor is climbing down from the Sand Patch helper. He'll get the switches lined so 8570 can shove a manifest up the hill. It looks as if walking around in that deep snow is not fun. 2507 a... (more)

Consecutively numbered 8570 and 8571 lead Q241 off the old C&O line on the connector track to head west on the former B&O through Fostoria. I later learned that the 8570 caught fire west of here ... (more)

The Keyser helper has one task, but it's a daunting one - shoving westbounds up the tortuous Seventeen Mile Grade.

Q148 had a restricting proceed at Sodem, in order to add a helper at Greene Jct. The slow speed of the train allowed this flashbulb-assisted shot.

Q137 emerges from Falls Cut Tunnel on CSX’s Keystone Sub. (Sandpatch Grade). Q137 is running reverse rail this morning due to a broken rail on track 1 at CP Foley.

This vantage point was once a steel mill, today it is a Lowe's parking lot. The old Carrie Furnace is visible at the extreme right, this blast furnace used to provide molten steel for the Homeste... (more)