Sunset, Train, Signals, Fire and Smoke

With the center siding, US&S signals and codeline denoting what use to be a typical scene on the C&O, T926 rolls by the West End of Robbins on CSX's Russell, KY to Columbus, OH Northern Subdivisio... (more)

A thunderstorm in the C&O coalfields.. Displaying a stop signal at Indian, a bolt of lighting from an approaching storm cell lights up the night time sky.

A rerouted B&O intermodal train charges through the community of White Sulphur Springs on C&O rails. The train is being detoured as a result of a tunnel clearance project taking place on the Cumbe... (more)

Bound for Brunswick, an eastbound loaded autorack train out of Cumberland passes under a vintage B&O CPL signal bridge at Grasshopper, west of Hancock. The B&O CPL's were recently removed on the M... (more)

The headlights of an Eastbound illuminate a Westbound train of CSX white hoppers at Callaghan. A 35 second exposure @ f5.6, ISO 400.

As the full moon dips behind the mountains, a fog has developed in the Coal River Valley this morning allowing for beams to project a red cast onto the Sproul Tunnel and surrounding brush.

Foggy night in the coalfields.. With a clear signal piercing into the night, the signal at Brounland welcomes Elk Run loads back to CTC territory, after traversing much of the Big Coal Subdivision... (more)

On a starry night in rural Willowtown, an eastbound silhouettes the classic N&W CPL's.

A foggy sunrise greets the C&O cantilever at the East End of Vauces center siding outside of Chillicothe. This photo is dedicated to my good friend and fellow railfan Seth Harsch, who took his own... (more)

The illustrious Pennsy E's and business cars roll in toward Chicago Union Station at dusk. Add one more to the huge number of Pennsylvania-adorned passenger trains that this lift bridge has hoste... (more)

A pair of brand new NS SD70ACe's lead a coal train out of the twin Montgomery tunnels.

After exiting the Elkhorn Tunnel, NS 236 throttles it up, passing by the N&W CPL signal bridge at E.E. Elkhorn. A perfect example of Appalachian railroading..

Railfanning in Appalachia.. Struggling uphill with two motors on the head end and two on the rear, a Bluefield bound coal train does notch 8 at the Maybeury interlocking. Notice the abnormally unl... (more)

CSX Q303 passes under the Hilldale cantilever on it's final crew run to Hinton.