I really don't know where to start on this one. This was taken in front of the yard office at WM's yard in Hagerstown, MD on Nov. 15, 1976. Railroading was in a state of flux at the time. The P... (more)

A set of five Cambria & Indiana switchers was pumping up the air on a train of empty unit train hoppers at Steele, PA on June 7, 1991. Once the air was pumped, they pulled by and backed onto the ... (more)

I guess this falls into the category of lash-ups I never thought I would see. On a hazy Sept. 17, 1978 a westbound B&O empty hopper train rounds the curve into Doe Gully, WV with SSW SD45T-2 No. ... (more)

A westbound WM freight passes MY Tower at Maryland Junction in Ridgeley, WV on Aug. 18, 1974 with F7A No. 235 and a RS-3.

We were north of Toronto, ON, near Medonte, on May 29, 1980. We shot the first section of No. 80, a manifest. We then shot the second section of No. 80, primarily a ballast train. To our amazem... (more)

I guess this is another one that falls into the "strange but true" category. On Nov. 12, 1977, four DMIR SD18s were leading a northbound Clinchfield Railroad empty hopper train at Trammel, VA. I... (more)

SCL Bicentennial U36B No. 1776 was leading southbound No. 109 out of Acca Yard in Richmond, VA on Oct. 23, 1973. No. 109 was a hot Potomac Yard-Waycross manifest that operated via the former ACL.... (more)

We are standing on the access road just west of Randolph Tunnel near Doe Gully, WV. Back in an oppressively hot July, eastbound No. 376 encountered a sun kink just west of Randolph Tunnel. The h... (more)

The Western Allegheny RR daily train from Kaylor to Queen Junction and return has just gone on duty at Kaylor and is working its first siding, Blue Row Tipple, just west of town. Two F7s, led by ... (more)

I have seen Office cars on hot freight trains before, but most often I saw them handled immediately behind the power. On Oct. 2, 1982, CR Office Car 10 was bringing up the markers on a westbound ... (more)

The crew of a mine run were all on the ground looking at the results of a practical joke on the engineer. While working the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, one of the trainmen strapped about 10 tra... (more)

An eastbound NS unit coal train was setting at Farm, WV, waiting for the helper to be attached, when a short thunderstorm hit on May 15, 1994.

It is the dog days of summer and on June 26, 1976, B&O cleans up yet another derailment in the interlocking at Orleans Road, WV. On the Cumberland Subdivision, derailments seemed to occur all too... (more)

A C&O mine run is en-route to the mines with a train of empty hoppers at Elimer, KY on C&O's Sandy Valley and Elkhorn Subdivision. By this date, May 31, 1978, C&O's U25Bs were nearing the end of ... (more)

Eastbound Amtrak No. 30, the "National Limited," was passing Spruce Tower at Spruce Creek, PA on August 8, 1978 with two E8As.