As the sun is moments away from rising over the horizon, 17G grinds upgrade through the Allegheny Mountains against one of the most beautiful sights the mountains have to offer.

Built by the Alabama-Great Southern Railroad in 1891, the depot in Ft. Payne, Alabama, is a beautiful example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. It was built with locally quarried pink and... (more)

The historic depot in Stevenson, Alabama, is all decked out for Christmas. It was built in 1872 as a joint venture between the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and the Nashville and Chattanooga R... (more)

Built in 1910, McKnight Station is the only surviving depot of the Middle Tennessee Railroad. The MTR only operated from 1909 until 1927, at which time the rails and ties were pulled up and the o... (more)

Harpers Ferry Tunnel cuts through the rock face under Maryland Heights. An eastbound crossing the Potomac River lights up the tunnel portal and interior as it approaches.

A busy morning in Harlem.

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL A westbound is about to exit the Harpers Ferry Tunnel under Maryland Heights. *Note, did clone out some wires*

Built in 1902, the beautifully restored depot in Bristol, VA, was the fourth depot to serve Bristol VA/TN. It sits on land donated to the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad in 1848 by Rev. James Kin... (more)

MILLVILLE APPROACH D791 sits just out of sight awaiting confirmation from the CSX BB Dispatcher to proceed east through Millville, WV. Meanwhile, the quarry crews had just taken a cut of empties... (more)

When New York Central 41788 was built in the Despatch Shops at East Rochester, New York and began service in 1956 it was used as an automobile hauler before today’s multi-level auto racks were f... (more)

NA Tower or "cabin" in official B&O company documents controlled the interlocking at Martinsburg and Hobbs (9 miles east) until it's closure in 2003. The building was built in 1898 o... (more)

The Norfolk & Western logo on an old boxcar in Rural Hall, North Carolina.

A westbound blasts out of the Allegheny Tunnel in Gallitzin, PA as a light snow falls. Visitors can replay this scene over and over from the deck or their room windows of the recently reopened Tu... (more)

20A stalled coming up the West Slope due to an engine failure which then bunched up the east bounds. A helper set was sent to rescue the distressed train. Once together they continued east and her... (more)

Cumberland Furnace was a major producer of iron from the 1790's until its last gasp in 1942. The iron mines and furnaces here supplied much of the iron used by the US in the war of 1812. In ... (more)