A C&O Mine Run was crossing the Spruce Fork of the Little Coal River near Sharples, WV on May 19, 1979 with GP40 No. 4068 and GP39 No. 3902. Obviously, the bridge had seen some recent attention f... (more)

Westbound C&O No. 41, the Newport News section of the "George Washington," makes its daily stop at Richmond's Main Street Station. On this day, it was led by dirty and battle scarred B&O E8A No. ... (more)

A westbound B&O manifest was climbing upgrade at Brackens, PA on Oct. 22, 1978, led by GP38 No. 3833. The fifth unit was a WM F unit. At this point, B&O was literally running the remaining WM F ... (more)

A northbound D&H manifest was punching out of the early morning fog as it dropped downgrade past SW Cabin at Ninevah, NY on Sept. 15, 1976 with three C628s.

A westbound CR Train Van train climbs upgrade through Benny Interlocking at Bennington, PA on March 18, 1978. The train is being led by a head end helper consisting of two former EL SD45-2s. Con... (more)

RF&P Mechanical Dept. employees gather around an N&W boxcar on March 6, 1978, as it is set back on the rails following a small "defrucalty" in the yard at Fredericksburg, VA.

With the company houses and the water tank, Harriman, WY really did give me the feel of an "outpost." On June 15, 1989, a westbound manifest was working upgrade on the Harriman Cutoff with three ... (more)

C&O SD40 No. 7551 was assigned to the yard job, and was working momentarily in front of the old concrete coaling tower at Peach Creek Yard in Logan, WV on May 19, 1979.

RF&P GP40 No. 125 was leading southbound TOFC hotshot No. 171 across Quantico Creek in Quantico, VA on May 16, 1987. My notes indicate that the train had 92 loads and 0 empties. The crane to the... (more)

Times were fun back in 1978. This image was taken within 100 feet of my back door. I knew RF&P's GP7s were nearing the end of their lives and I took every opportunity to shoot them in the lead. ... (more)

A northbound NYS&W local freight was working a feed mill at Norwich, NY on May 13, 1983 with C430 No. 3000. If I recall correctly, at this time, this train working the Utica line went on duty at ... (more)

An eastbound B&O manifest was dropping down Sand Patch Grade, just east of Foley, PA on Aug. 15, 1982. Many will likely note that this is the track level view below the famous shot from the overl... (more)

Baltimore & Annapolis 70 Tonner No. 50 was coupling up to recently painted caboose No. 1984 at the shop in Ferndale, MD on Oct. 25, 1985.

The frost was still hanging on the field as the eastbound W&W "Sandman" was literally clawing its way up Gainesboro Hill on Oct. 28, 1983, probably at little more than walking speed. RS-11 No. 35... (more)

In May, 1978, some friends and I headed to B&O's Cranberry Grade to catch some spring colors. It rained all three days. That said, railroading does occur in all types of weather and we tried to ... (more)