Fast Manifest freight passes under a Norfolk and Western hot shot above. One of my classic best in series money shot of a blue C&O EMD SD40.

Former Chesapeake & Ohio 6253 is slowly rusting away in a siding near Levisa Jct.

The Flagman on an empty southbound C&O coal train has just snatched his running orders off the "Iron Man," which will direct his train's movement over the Toledo Terminal Railroad. This train wil... (more)

The Engineer on an empty southbound C&O coal train has both hands busy at this particular moment; his left is pulling on the whistle cord while his right is reaching out to grab running orders off... (more)

The railfan at the right is getting married later on this day...but that doesn't prevent getting in a little railfanning in the morning!

One of several surviving C&O "Kanawhas", 2756 rests behind a fence in Huntington Park in Newport News. The fence and surrounding trees make a shot of the whole engine impossible . . .

David is right, this image has a lot of Atmosphere. I snapped this shot from the Norfolk and Western bridge.

Mouth of the beast? Throat of the beast? This view of the tender, from the cab, shows the auger of the stoker. The coal would pass under the cab and into the firebox.

The Mt. Hope coal job heads west crossing the New River on a bridge shared with autos. Between the River chugging underneath and the coal cars bopping along side, the driver in the car must be hav... (more)

A close-up of the face of C&O Allegheny 1604. Unfortunately, this impressive engine is shoehorned into a buidling alongside other equipment in such a way that you can't really take her all in at ... (more)

A pair of classics

I had just arrived at Confluence and this helper unit sunk up on me. This is an unusual combination of turbo and no turbo charged units.