The Greenbrier Express

Before heading back to New Jersey, we opted to stop in Clifton Forge, VA to see C&O 614, a locomotive which once regularly hauled excursions through New ... (more)

2nd run of the day finds several passengers getting ready to board the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in picturesque Nelsonville OH. Great place to spend a day...

Rolling westward in 1979 on the B&O Garrett Subdivision and crossing the former NYC Michigan Central Porter Branch at Willow Creek Junction. Photo taken from inside the interlocking tower.

On 1-1-84 ,C&O acquired the properties of the Toledo Terminal. Operating control was taken on 7-1-84 and with that move the C&O acquired four new cabooses

C&O 614 thunders north on the B&O Somerset branch after leaving the main line at Rockwood. This was a Cumberland, MD to Somerset, PA excursion sponsored by the Western Maryland Chapter of the NRHS... (more)

5897,6189 is working the yard.

Almost looks like they are saying fill me up. As late as 70's or early 80's I recall a C&O employee pulling on the water column at Shelby and water actually came out of it. I was surprised to se... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio F7(A) 7057, with Baltimore & Ohio F7(A) 6578 and F7(B) unit. C&O 7057 was leased and later sold to B&O in early 1968. No photographer listed on slide.

C&O EX Hocking Valley depot .

GP 30 3031 & GP9 6062 rumbles toward Shelby. This picture brings back fond memories for me as I lived in a apartment building behind the Coleman's ma and paw store. Many a times, I would lay in my... (more)

The West Shifter is done with its setting out of cars and is now heading out of town as it passes by the depot.

Dawkins Shifter rolls pass the former depot. Last passenger train ran back in 1963 using two RDC-4's with a baggage car towed on the back end.

Dawkins shifter motive power is tied up for the day. In the background on the left is the single stall engine house that was used in the steam days for light running repairs for the many 2-6-6-2... (more)

C&O veteran engineer Lon Venters Jr. is at the controls as 192 passes through Pikeville on the south end of town. The posted speed through the town was 30 mph. Knowing Lon I know he will waste no... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 8016 sits bathing in the sun around the turntable with 5 over E and F units.