C&NW Alco C628s No's. 6707 and 6717 spend the night in the roundhouse at Escanaba, MI on May 25, 1982.

An eastbound C&NW manifest crosses the Fox River at Green Bay, WI on May 24, 1982 with two SD40-2s.

A westbound C&NW manifest crossed Duck Creek at aptly named Duck Creek, WI on May 24, 1982 with three GP7s. It must have been a popular fishing spot, from the looks of the fishing lures caught in... (more)

B&LE F7A No. 728 leads the daily Western Allegheny RR freight train through an S curve just east of Buena Vista, PA on August 25, 1979.

The westbound Western Allegheny RR freight climbs around a curve west of Brady's Bend, PA on August 25, 1979, led by B&LE F7A No. 728.

A westbound B&O empty hopper train has the top of Seventeen Mile Grade in its sights as it grinds past the wye track at Altamont, MD on November 21, 1981.

A westbound B&O manifest rounds the curve just east of Orleans Road, WV on October 19, 1980, led by GP40 No. 3691.

A westbound empty hopper train is getting underway on the Cowen Subdivision at Grafton, WV on May 20, 1979, led by WM GP40 No. 3797.

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)

An extremely heavy B&O westbound manifest leaves a healthy plume of diesel exhaust as it slowly grinds upgrade west of Glencoe, PA on October 22, 1978. Fifth and sixth in the consist are two loco... (more)

B&O westbound Cumberland-Buffalo manifest, the Empire State, slowly climbs around the curve at Mance, Pa on October 22, 1978 with three GP9s. I always liked the way B&O named its hottest freight ... (more)

B&O westbound hotshot Gateway 97 drops downgrade through the S curves at Austen, WV on October 20, 1978 with GP30 No. 6922 leading four other units. Other than the Trailer Jets, Gateway 97 was th... (more)

My favorite circus train has always been the James E. Strates Shows train, mainly because it is always so colorful. During the 1970s, it always seemed that they managed to make their trips across... (more)

The eastbound Chessie Steam Special was exiting Graham Tunnel and crossing the Potomac River at Magnolia, WV on Sept. 17, 1979 with former Reading T-1 No. 2101. I did a lot of camping on the Cut ... (more)

A westbound B&O manifest exits Stuart Tunnel at Magnolia, WV on April, 16, 1978, led by WM GP40 No. 3795. At this point in time, WM operations had been integrated into the B&O and WM units on the... (more)