Power for the day's trains waits outside the engine house at Rainelle, West Virginia. This is the main terminal for the Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Railroad - a joint C&O/NYC operation.

The power and cab for the Laurel Creek shifter idle away the afternoon in the remote terminal of Quinnimont, West Virginia, in October of 1981.

WM 4314 and C&O 4416 are preparing to leave Raleigh for Quinnimont, with a train of loaded coal hoppers, while the rest of the Piney Creek power waits for assignment.

An eastbound train is passing the old station at Cotton Hill (used as a section crew headquarters) on its way to Hawks Nest and the New River Gorge.

The eastbound Chessie Safety Express, pulled by C&O 614, is entering the single track at Sewell, West Virginia, deep in the New River Gorge.

The eastbound Chessie Safety Express, pulled by C&O 614, is exiting Stretchers Neck Tunnel at Prince, West Virginia.

Ex Milwaukee Road SDL-39 #585 with a westbound train on the LS&I CTC mainline in Negaunee.

A rare GP-5, still in Great Northern colors, is leading a train out of the Belknap Street yard in Superior, Wisconsin, in August of 1976.

Burlington Northern F-3A 710 and F-7B 725 are sitting under the washer at the Belknap Street roundhouse.

An westbound transfer, lead by a classic GP7, is waiting for the crew at Superior, Wisconsin, in September of 1981.

An eastbound train has quite a tailwind as it leaves Salina, Kansas, in August of 1978. The second unit is a CF7 rebuild.

A crewmember is pulling the gate across the C&NW mainline so that the 782 can head for the swing bridge across the Fox River and the east side of town.

The Chessie Steam Special has just finished its photo runby and is giving a toot to let the passengers know it's time to reboad so that it can continue its trip to Plymouth, Michigan.

Reading 2101, just off its gig as the American Freedom Train, is dressed up in Chessie colors to celebrate the 150th birthday of the B&O as the Chessie Steam Special.

Soo 2550 and Jordan Spreader D-816 are clearing snow from the East Houghton yard in March of 1976. Snowfall in this part of Michigan averages 190 inches a year. A record 390.4 inches of snow fel... (more)