9036 leads it's train around the big curve near the summit at Sand Patch, only a few hundred yards away, and just slightly further to Sand Patch Tunnel. The train is eastbound here, on the westbou... (more)

Two AC 44's have 113 cars in tow, 78 of which are loads, headed out this morning on the "West End". Since most coal comes east, the 78 loads are no doubt for the Mt Storm power plant in West Virgi... (more)

520 and friend lead a long line of empty hoppers at Sand Patch Summit, just west ot the tunnel, and are now starting down the west slope after the climb up the east side of the tunnel.

Q138, a container train, heads eastbound here for Cumberland and points east.

Two BNSF 70 MACs bring CSX Q394 off a freight track. they will move out to the west bound main until the end of the train passes the last road crossing in Cumberland, then the GE in the right back... (more)

5213 and the next GE behind it pump out the heat as they bring eastbound Q 316 up the steep grade into Tera Alta. There are five engines in the loco consist, only the first two are running. There ... (more)

This train has come down 17 Mile Grade loaded, and is parked at the Keyser Yard. If you look close at the first loaded hopper, you can see it's hooked up to yard air. Later, two engines will be p... (more)

707 Climbs across the CSX Viaduct heading west out to Beal Street and toward the old B&O West End, with yet another string of empy hoppers to be filled with coal from the hills.

A brace of engines lead by 7829 wait while a manifest out of sight on the west bound main halts for a signal to cross the east bound main and enter the yard. When the manifest clears, they will b... (more)

2629, the local switcher, has brought 955 from the west yard to the east yard to placed along with eight cars, to be picked up by the daily eastbound manifest, Q316 for a trip to Cumberland MD.

Q 316 has to pickup nine cars off this spur and add them to it's consist. The engines are moving forward after the conductor has tied down the necessary cars and uncoupled.

The Cap curves nicely out of Cumberland, east bound after her stop there, passing a switching operation from the west end of the Cumberland Yards.

771 brings the "Q" into Cumberland, this a container train, we are seeing a few of these more often, although not like in the past.

COUNTRY CROSSIN' 548 and another AC pal lead empty hoppers thru a road crossing in the pretty Potomac Valley. The train will be crossing into West Virginia in moments, pickup a shuttle engine in... (more)

This reminds me of the good old days of rented units when you could see just about any paint job pulling a train. This set of engines is hauling ethanol tankers. The four engines consist of the I... (more)