Small, Yet Important. Somehow, we as photographers get so caught up with the trains that we forget to notice "the other stuff." This switch stand only reaches about two feet off the groun... (more)
The conductor of local P20 rides past the switch into the Certainteed plant as the engineer pulls the train out onto the main. After a brake test, it's back to Durham.
The Ugliest Diesel Ever? Some might consider the CF7 to be the ugliest diesel locomotive ever built, others the BQ23-7, but for my money this contraption based on an E8(B) when seen from t... (more)
A westbound CSX empty hopper train passes the east siding switch at Burnsville, West Virginia, just before sunset in October 2004. The train is destined for a coal mine near Cowen, West Virginia, ... (more)