Easing off of the Compass Branch onto the main, CSX 3468 leads 130 loads of coal that were just loaded at Arch's Sentinel Mine bound for Toledo Ohio.

With the end of duty for these old B&O CPL’s comes nigh, the replacement for the signaling system is just out of site transferring from a dispatcher controlled line to a TWC line with a broken r... (more)

As the first rain in several weeks is showering the West Virginia Mountains as a severe drought has plagued the region recently, we see A&O local Z830 bringing two loads of lumber from JF Allen ba... (more)

With a heavy train of loaded rock in tow, W&LE 7014 throttles up to get the train over the grade.

After just finishing the last cut of 100 coal cars at the Sentinel Mine, the engineer throttles up to get the cut into the clear to begin the run around process to return the loads to Grafton yard... (more)

Passing the country side from Bailey Mine, NS train N72 is throttling up after passing thru a 10mph speed restriction.

A pair of battered YN2’s pull hard around the wye at Brow and onto the Loveridge Secondary with 91 loads of coal for the New Haven power plant.

Built in 1937, the Saint Mary's United States Postal Service building still stands tall and beautiful as a loaded CSX coal train passes by on its front door on the street running section.

About to enter the Wasp Rock tunnel, CSX 3170 leads a 220 car loaded coal train bound for Newport News.

NS train 12Z passes Arcadia as the Sun sets across the Blue Ridge Mountains

With the YN2 AC44's quickly fading away, we find a rare treat of a YN2 pair leading coal empties bound for Grafton to load in the coal fields for New Haven Power Plant.

In the midnight hours A&O local passes the Carrolton Covered bridge along the former CSX Cowen sub. In 2017, the covered bridge suffered substantial damage from a fire, the bridge has since been r... (more)

L162 crosses the viaduct as Western Maryland Scenic unit stages for a photo with the Western Maryland Heritage unit.

A pair on YN2 locomotives leads 100 loads of coal into the yard at Grafton.

A pair on YN2 locomotives leads 100 loads of export coal thru the night along the NS Loveridge Secondary.