Empties roll west through scenic western Maryland behind the power of a CSX lightning bolt.
Snow falls on Q317-31 and the historic Oakland train station.
A load of empties passes a beautifully snow-covered CPL.
The first Q317 of 2013 passes by a snowy downtown Oakland, MD.
Due to trackwork west of Terra Alta, coal drag U878 rolls east on #1 track at Oakland. At Mountain Lake Park, the eastbound would meet a westbound hopper train and cross back over to the eastboun... (more)
An eastbound CSX unit coal train passing the station.
Oakland is not the highest point on the Mountain Sub, but at 2382' it's one of the highest points on CSX and over 100' higher than Sand Patch. Of course, Oakland is also well known for its train ... (more)
The intoxicating view overlooking the curve west of Oakland Station hosts CSXT 27 passing with empties at 00:35. Happy New Year to all at Railpictures.net!
The town of Oakland forms a picturesque backdrop for Q317, westbound by the 1885 Baldwin station.
A coal train bound for the docks in Baltimore rounds a sweeping curve just outside of Oakland.
Appropriately, this caboose is on display adjacent to CSX's (former B&O) Mountain Subdivision.
The view through a 135 lens at night as CSX 510 leads westbound empties past the restored station in Oakland at 04:19.
A westbound train of empties passes a B&O West End landmark, the restored Oakland Station, rolling through a timely appearing fog bank at 03:33.
The Oakland station may well be the most intersting of the several surviving B&O structures on the West End.
