Local power awaits its next call, while a coal train heads east through the James River valley

“Truncated Orange Blossom”
With only two engines (Chessie System/B&O GP40-2 4296 and Seaboard System/SBD U30C 7238), and fewer than 20 trailers, an unusually short Orange Blossom Spe... (more)

Passing through the town of Glenwood, WV on the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad territory, CSX train Q316 makes some noise as it passes over Boggs Road.

“Dutch Line Daily”
The Hanover Turnaround, with CS/C&O GP35 3574, L&N/SBD GP40 6821, SCL/SBD GP38 2 2516, and CS/B&O GP40 3752, is westbound—just crossing Gunpowder Falls—... (more)

CSX 7834 and CSX 701 (since renumbered to 4501) lead CSX autorack train Q217 over an icy Potomac River by Harpers Ferry following a dusting of snow.

More Shades of Gray (CSX Version)

Already a grey railroad, with quite a few variants of its grey and blue paint scheme, also had legacy grey from the Seaboard System, Family Lines,... (more)

C900 rolls south out of Loyall Yard past the old L&N tower at Baxter. The conductor is on the ground lining the switches so that this power set can proceed south to Pennington Gap to shove a loade... (more)

The morning sun bursts on the nose of 289 as the morning mist begins to recede. Before noon, this train will crew up and these locomotives will help shove this coal to the Mt Storm power some 55 m... (more)

In 1993 you never knew what you might still find wandering around.... This GP38 was still in its original paint when seen at Cumberland, Maryland .

In the hole on NS trackage with a northbound (westbound on NS) hopper train and waiting to meet an eastbound NS man with unit coal, this unit has some time to cool down.

Some early CSX action is seen here with a southbound train departing Collier yard on the former Atlantic Coast Line. A subtly patched Seaboard System SD40 and an equally-subtly patched SD40-2 are ... (more)

Grafton is transitioning to the CSX era

West Virginia is best known for its natural beauty and natural resources. For over 100 years the hills and valleys of West Virginia have echoed with the sound of trains moving coal that built Ame... (more)

Only subtle changes indicate that this SD50 is no longer identified by its original owner's reporting marks. Without a number change required to fit it into the CSX numbering scheme, this C&O SD50... (more)