Gutted for to keep the rest of the railroads fleet of 567 powered EMD's going, whats left of C&O 6243 rusts to the rails as trees and vines grow up around it at the railroads outdoor maintenance f... (more)

The C&O passenger station which once stood inside the wye at Gordonsville, VA.

View of tower and old passenger station at Gordonsville, VA. Is it G Tower or G Cabin? Employee timetable calls it "Tower". C&O purists insist on "Cabin". The debate continues.

You are looking at the world's most powerful articulated steam locomotive, C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 Allegheny 1601. It and it's brethren were rated for 7,498 horsepower at 46 MPH. Interesting how single un... (more)

C&O 1601's cab is immaculate at the Ford Museum. Here is a fun fact, if you pull the throttle, you get steam sound effects. Cool! To keep people from tripping on the grate shakers the museum has... (more)

The DeWitt Clinton and C&O 1601 composite the greatest display of alpha and omega design I have ever seen. Any observer can grasp the genealogy of steam locomotive engineering with this tableau. ... (more)

The soot-stained brick interior of the Blue Ridge Tunnel is seen after a single 30s exposure on the day after Christmas, 2009. To mourn the 65th anniversary of this majestic tunnel's abandonment, ... (more)

Derailer at Forest Hill Crossing to prevent crossing trains from collisions with very bad consequences. What do You think, where whould a derailed train running into ?

Geeps coming and going...

The big push for plant rationalization in the seventies inspired C&O to rip one of two main tracks in the New River Gorge. This work train has finished for the day after picking up rip up debris.

A Richard Beal photo: Classic west Michigan power at Pleasant Street Tower in Grand Rapids, MI on this summers day, grabbing the orders as well

Former C&O GP7 #5833 heading back to Nelsonville on the 2nd run of the santa train season.

A light engine moves heads east, about to cross the C&O.

B&O 4001 pauses so the crewmen can check the signals.