Skirting the frozen New River, Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 works westbound at Hawk’s Nest, West Virginia.

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 disturbs the morning calm at Hawk’s Nest, West Virginia. Loaded coal hoppers trail back as far as the eye can see.

Before its later makeover, a somewhat neglected depot at Thurmond, West Virginia starts to shake as Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 thunders past.

Emissions from the stack of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 trail back over its train loaded with West Virginia coal. The westbound train is negotiating the S-curve approaching Thurmond, West Virginia... (more)

Big Steam in Big Snow

American Coal Enterprises’ data collection of Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614’s performance occurred during most of the month of January, 1985. January in Wes... (more)

A Conrail bay-window caboose and a Western Maryland safety caboose on a Hagerstown – Enola manifest pass the former PRR tower at Rockville, Pennsylvania.

A fresh Baltimore & Ohio GP40 leads an Enola-bound train westbound at Rockville, Pennsylvania.

The daily Baltimore & Ohio Enola-Hagerstown run-through crosses the former Reading bridge over the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg to Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. The dome of the capitol building can ... (more)

Baltimore & Ohio’s daily run-through from Hagerstown has begun its return journey from Enola, passing south of Rockville, Pennsylvania.

Passing QN Tower interlocking, a Baltimore & Ohio local rolls through Washington, DC. The aging GP9 has been in some sort of mishap, and has lost part of its pilot.

Eastbound empty auto racks return to the factories for more cars to serve the west coast market. The Santa Fe train is entering Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

A double shot of Santa Fe cabooses brings up the rear of a westbound train at Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

I have been interested in photos that I have seen over the years of aircraft fuselages moving over former Burlington Northern lines. I was surprised to see that I had recorded one moving west on t... (more)

Crossing Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico, an eastbound Santa Fe TOFC train enters the heart of the canyon.

Two F45’s and a pair of SD45-2’s ease a westbound Santa Fe off of Cajon Summit near the present=day location of Silverwood.