CSX manifest pulls into Brunswick at the crack of dawn. Heavy fog blanketing the Potomac River Valley is visible in the distance.

A loaded coal drag crosses the Potomac River from West Virginia into Maryland as the sun wins the battle the morning fog.

Black River and Western SD9 on long term lease to the Winchester & Western is pictured with the WW572 GP9, WW120 MT-4 slug and the WW575 GP9.

Coal moving in West Virginia, empties heading west, loads heading east.

Symmetry as NS 16T rolls slowly into Harrisburg on the former Reading Bridge.

An NS coal train rolls past the former PRR station at Homestead. To the left are coal cars on a westbound CSX train.

A train load of empties heads across the OC Bridge for Shire Oaks.

A loaded coal train stops for a crew change at CP Wing. A reflection of the American flag from the near by Westinghouse Brake plant can be seen in the engineers window.

CR leader brings stack train across the Ohio River west.

AVR conductor walks back to the train after setting the switches following a setoff at Island Ave yard. The power will head east to take another set of cars to the AVR Glenwood Yard.

NS 20T heads east past Wilmerding in morning light.

CSX coal train heads west towards Michigan with coal for Detroit Edison past the former PRR station.

A pair of helpers still in Conrail colors assist a coal train west from Conway Yard on the Fort Wayne Line passing under the Pennsy signal.

A friendly wave from the engineer to the railfans on the platform during Brunswick's Annual Railroad Days. The loaded coal drag slowly pulls east to get a set of helpers for the final leg of the t... (more)

NS F units 4270 (A) and 4276 (B) returning to Altoona from display at the Monticello Railway Museum. Two days later the full A-B-B-A set would head out for a tour of the rails in West Virginia and... (more)