Fall Foliage was just beautiful in the mountains of West Virginia on this cool fall morning, as an 80 car empty grain train has just departed Moorefield, bound for the CSX interchange in Green Spr... (more)

Old Time Power. Three Geeps lead a lesser number of covered hopper cars under a cloudy sky and across the entrance to the Potomac Eagle departure point.

Rolling on the river. The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's excursion train runs deep in the South Branch Gorge near the town of Wickham, WV, heading for Moorefield and points south. This ve... (more)

Running the South Branch Gorge. Far below the rocky cliffs, the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's excursion train travels south along the South Branch of the Potomac River near Wickham, WV. ... (more)

Pan-tastic run-by. I rarely take pan shots, especially when the subject is a diesel. There are so many other photographers who are so much better at it than I am. I usually defer to the ... (more)

Cruising south at Hanging Rocks. With the relatively humidity essentially at 100%, clouds are forming along the ridgelines as the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's excursion train makes its w... (more)

Approaching Moorfield. Rain clouds are hanging tough on this damp spring day in early May, as the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's excursion train, with their B&O-painted F7(A) on the point,... (more)

Classics meet. A pair of classic machines from a bygone era meet at the Rox Road grade crossing in rural Three Churches West Virginia, as a motorist pauses for the passage of a southbound B... (more)

In search of eagles. On a rainy spring morning, the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's B&O-painted F7A unit takes a string of heavyweight steel coaches south over the 1,100 ft., wood and steel... (more)

Empty ballast hopper BO964346 sits at the siding on the former B&O/Chessie Petersburg Branch at Green Spring, WV now operated by the State of West Virginia as the South Branch Valley Railroad. Joi... (more)

A loaded southbound train has begun its upgrade assault out of Green Spring, WV. The days helper engines include SBVR 6240 and 6604 wearing the South Branch Valley's predecessor paint schemes.

South Branch Valley RR diesels, shut down for the weekend, sit next to their shop in Moorefield. Photo taken with permission.

Workers at the South Branch Valley Railroad diesel shop work on the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad 8250. Since their engine was down for repairs, the South Branch Valley sent their Chessie B&O 624... (more)

South Branch Valley Railroad 90, 180, 181 and green 6135 sit outside the repair shops in Moorefield, West Virginia. Photo taken with permission.