Having dropped off a few cars at the interchange wye with CSX. Train 86 begins its journey north towards Hagerstown, MD

The NW and B&O diamond is just ahead and protecting it are CPLS all around. This is the northbound NW signal and code line which for now still stands. This and other signals like it are in danger ... (more)

Shenandoah Junction, WV was once a major interchange point between the Baltimore and Ohio and Norfolk Western Railroads. It was active until the interchange was moved to Hagerstown fully into the ... (more)

The interlocking at Shepherdstown, WV protected by the N&W CPL Signals is overcast by the moonlit clouds that will soon add to the snow accumulate don the ground. A lone spotlight lights the rails... (more)

Built in March of 1980 as L&N 6602, CSX GP40-2 6464 leads an extra run of the Millville Rock Runner empties into the stone yard. Behind 6464 is CSX slug 2213. It was delivered as C&O GP35 3530 in ... (more)

CSX Road Slug 2246 leads a work train over the Potomac flat lands just east of Hancock. 2246 converted to a slug was originally built in 1962 as B&O GP30 6913. It mate CSX 6458, a GP40-2 was built... (more)

The Capitol Limited had regained the Potomac River Valley some 7 miles east at Cherry Run and will traverse it all the way to Cumberland. This spot is known as Red Rock Crossing and a pair of Safe... (more)

The "Ambrose" CPL signals in the late spring of 2011. Today, the signal is gone and nothing remains to indicate they were once here.

A westbound hopper train lights up the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Color Position Light Signal Bridge just west of Hancock on the CSX Cumberland Sub. This along with the Bracket Mast signals in th... (more)

Exiting Graham Tunnel and crossing the Potomac River across Kessler Bridge is Q217 just east of Paw Paw, WV. The rear of the train is still at Magnolia, WV while passing through the tunnel it is i... (more)

The sun sneaks behind Sideling Hill to my west and casts shadows along the Cacapon River Valley but also on the B&O CPL Signals like here in Great Cacapon as within 36 hours, they would light no m... (more)

Eastbound and OUt, The Cap passes the rear of the famed Point of Rocks B&O Station on a warn and sunny March afternoon.

Catching the last rays of sun before it ducks behind the hills surrounding Harpers Ferry. The Capitol Limited blasts out of the tunnel and slows for its regular station stop. Notice the high water... (more)

Thanksgiving weekend 2011 begins to unwind after the sun sets on the Point of Rocks B&O Station as the evening westbound Capitol Limited snakes by taking holiday travelers to Cumberland and points... (more)