The Hale-Bopp Comet is visible directly above the left side of the 2709's cab. Unfortunately, this was the only engine at Rook that I could incorporate in a photo with the comet.
Clifton Forge's shop has already been downgraded by CSX, but it was still active on this October day in 1988. The shop and adjacent yard were featured in REM's "Driver 8" video.
A CSX passenger special departs Cumberland while a westbound freight waits on clearance into the yard.
While the 2672 gets ready to work at Oshawa, a CP local is hard at work on the bridge above the CN main.
Pittsburgh is well known as the "City of Bridges", a moniker that would be somewhat appropriate for McKeesport as well.
An RF&P GP40 pinch hits for an ailing Amtrak F40 on this northbound train.
The town of Washington used to be the midway point on the B&O's W&P sub from Glenwood, PA to Benwood, WV. Today, the town is the end of the line and service is provided Monday through Friday by A... (more)
One of my very first train outings finds a pair of CSX geeps tied down in Brunswick. At the age of 13, it made no sense to me why they'd paint over the Chessie scheme and replace it with CSX!
A rare BRC TR4A goes about the never-ending task of switching cars at Clearing.
The cut of hoppers in the background are in NS's compact Duke Street yard, a facility which was closed in the 90's and promptly redeveloped.
A well worn C30-7 pulls a CSX rail train while an NS coal train sits on the OC Bridge.
Continuing an age-old tradition, eastbound coal crosses the Potomac on the former B&O at Harpers Ferry.
With a length of only 371', I believe this is the shortest tunnel on the former P&WV.
I'm not sure where this old ALCO came from, but it didn't stick around very long - this was the only shot I ever got of it.
The JD Tower operator watches a MARC train roll past JD. The tower would be closed by CSX just over two weeks later on March 4, 1992. Click on JD Tower to see more photos from this location.
