Eastbound on the B&O Akron Mainline Subdivision

Dragging north with a clean looking AS616. Joe McDaniels photo from negative in my collection.

Chessie-painted SD’s push a pig train up the grade at Mance, Pennsylvania.

Chesapeake & Ohio GP30 No. 3021, along with Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2 No. 4335 and sister C&O GP30 No. 3001, sit at Barr Yard at Riverdale, Illinois, on a cold and foggy November 23, 1986.

With a second rebirth given to the C&O 2716 it leads an excursion west over the TP&W as it crosses the Wabash River at Logansport.

Showroom quality! It had been CSX 4617 (SD40), but it was born as Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad 7534 in March, 1971. With the support of CSX, the shop forces in Huntington, WV cosmetically restored t... (more)

Holding down Pit 20 on a cold November day, here's the real thing.

Chesapeake & Ohio GP40 4080 pulls up next to the RF&P main line in Doswell, Virginia on the southwest connection between the C&O and RF&P. I’m not sure of the purpose for this connection, as the m... (more)

Prime Mover Mover

A view of one of the shop tracks at Baltimore & Ohio’s Glenwood Yard reveals Chesapeake & Ohio 8504, the hulk of an F7B used to transport prime movers. Also on th... (more)

Less than a year old, consecutively numbered Chesapeake & Ohio SD50’s idle in the yard at Handley, West Virginia.

Double Lucky

Some kid in Hinton, West Virginia had the perfect situation for a very young railfan. Not only could he watch the heavy traffic on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line from... (more)

Nearing its end of service, Chesapeake & Ohio U25B 8126 waits on the ready tracks in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Chesapeake & Ohio GP30 No. 3001, along with Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2 No. 4335 and sister C&O GP30 No. 3021, all in Chessie System paint, sit at Barr Yard at Riverdale, Illinois, on a cold and fogg... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio NW2 5072 crosses over Hollins Ferry Road in Ferndale, Maryland. The EMD switcher is on the Baltimore and Annapolis. MTA Light Rail now operates over this right oof way, and a sim... (more)

The next chapter of this loco has been determined. With full restoration (minus traction motors) the C&O loco's new home is now the C&O Historical Society. No suitable RR was found to finish the r... (more)