Western Maryland "Big 6" and a sold out autumn excursion climb the 11% grade into the Bald Knob overlook, the second highest point in West Virginia at 4,843 feet. Fall colors during the 2011 seaso... (more)

Making a northbound move over the NS Valley line, C&O 614 is enroute to Clifton Forge from Roanoke.

Running around its special evening Wine train, Western Maryland F7 No. 67 and Western Maryland BL2 No. 82 ease into the siding in-between thunderstorms at High Falls of the Cheat. This is remote A... (more)

Enroute to Oceanside from San Diego, an Amtrak surfliner rolls along the Pacific coast just moments after sunset. This evening's train includes a private dome car, offering what I'm sure is a brea... (more)

A different perspective at a familiar location.. While a few tourists take in the sights of the New River Gorge, a westbound empty snakes through Hawks Nest enroute to the coalfields of Southern W... (more)

Steam returns to Shavers Fork of the Cheat Heisler No. 6 crosses the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River at Bridge No. 77, south of Cheat Bridge during a photo freight sponsored by Cass Railfan... (more)

After clearing two to four feet of snow drifts from the Strasburg Railroad the day before, the plow spends this cold winter afternoon tied down near the engine house. To see the plow in action, cl... (more)

A conveniently placed full moon rises over the Mt. Laurel surface mine just as a pair of GE widecabs ease around its empty hoppers before beginning the flood loading process in this lonesome south... (more)

After earning her keep in the coalfields for many years, this Kanawha now rests in the Chief Logan State Park of Logan, WV.

A formed Seaboard Coast Line GP38-2 leads Sunday's Gauley Trolley eastbound along the Kanawha River at East Bank, sporting back-to-back conventional cabs, a caboose, and empty hoppers for A... (more)

A small 0-4-0 industrial steamer that used to roam the rails of the South Charleston Industrial Park now sits in Oak Hill awaiting restoration.

With less than four locomotives on the CSX roster still in Conrail painted and less than a half a dozen in YN1, this C40-8 is on borrowed time as she idles as the trailing unit on eastbound Q302. ... (more)

North of Romney Station, a southbound B&O passenger extra passes a steep rock outcrop and vintage stone wall, on its late evening trip through the scenic, and narrow Potomac River Valley. The road... (more)

A heavy wet snow has blanketed East River Mountain, leaving behind zero visibility, arctic cold temperatures, and quite a measurable snowfall for the late winter season. Over 14" of snow accumulat... (more)

Rainy days on Cabin Creek Series... A dismal day consisting of rain and wet snow sets the mood as CSXT ES44AH No. 3147 leads a unit train of empty coal hoppers across the former C&O Cabin C... (more)