I heard through a friend that the B&O was testing SD60 demonstrators out of Cumberland, Maryland. Arriving in Cumberland, we learned that the EMD-4 was leading a train that would head west on the ... (more)

Cloud shadows dance on the hills as 494,312 lead 10,000 tons of coal and two AC4400CW's at the rear across the bridge at the dam. The coal is going uphill here, to the big power plant at Mt Storm,... (more)

Back on WM rails, B875 heads for coal country along the Potomac River's North Branch.

W510's heavy train of loaded coal has almost reached the bottom of tortuous Seventeen Mile Grade.