B&O I-12 "Wagon Top" caboose C2436, freshly painted into the Chessie System scheme, rests between runs in the B&O yard at Cumberland, MD on Nov. 1, 1975.

Amtrak P30CH No. 700 leads a quartet of P30CHs on southbound No. 53, the Auto Train, as it crosses RF&P's new single track bridge over Quantico Creek in Quantico, VA on July 29, 1989.

We were in Lawrenceville, VA on March 26, 1977. Spring had started to arrive in Southside Virginia and NF&D's freight train from Danville had arrived, yarded its train, and was putting the engine... (more)

Being a self professed Alco lover, I always dreamed of seeing a lash-up of big six-axle units in action. Being from Virginia didn't help. There were random sightings on SCL and N&W, and occasion... (more)

A westbound Western Allegheny RR freight slows to make a pick up of empty ballast hoppers near Buena Vista, PA on August 24, 1979. Back in 1979, real money was being sunk into the Western Alleghe... (more)

PC SW9 No. 9125 and a caboose stand idle in the weeds at Mt. Union, PA on July 20, 1975. PC had many different facets. While the yard at Mt. Union was suffering from deferred maintenance, barely a... (more)

D&H U30C No. 702 was leading at southbound manifest freight upgrade at Nineveh Junction, NY on April 10, 1976.

Amtrak Train No. 50, the "George Washington," was climbing upgrade through Copeland, VA April 14, 1973. On this day at least, Amtrak could not be accused of under-powering the train. The two B&O... (more)

A westbound PC ore drag was struggling upgrade east of Horseshoe Curve on July 18, 1975 as the cab on an eastbound trailer train passes in the distance. To say he was struggling is an understatem... (more)

The westbound WM Henry Turn is leaving Westernport, MD on May 3, 1978 and is enroute to the Vepco Power Plant at Mt. Storm, WV with a loaded coal train. Hand-me-down WM GP9 No. 5955 is leading fo... (more)

From what I can determine, there were 23 Chessie Safety Cabooses, decorated in various colors with different safety slogans. One such caboose, B&O C-3771 was trailing an eastbound unit grain trai... (more)

For years, I got very few shots of cabs in action. In hindsight, it was a mistake. Little did I know then, the day would come when they were gone. Fortunately, I had the good sense on Jan. 15, ... (more)

For one arriving bright eyed and bushy tailed, looking forward to a couple of days fanning the B&O Cumberland SD, this was not a welcome sight, especially for the first train of the day. B&O Brun... (more)

It didn't take long for Auto Train's fleet of U36Bs to look tired. White is simply not an ideal color for a locomotive pilot. Southbound No. 3 was departing Auto Train's northern terminus at Lor... (more)

C&O SD40 No. 7550 leads a westbound manifest up Sand Patch Grade at Manila, PA on August 15, 1982.