I guess back then railroads branded their couplers like ranchers branded their cattle.

The west portal of Claudius Crozet's famed Blue Ridge Tunnel is seen here nestled in the dense woods of Afton Mountain. Completed in 1858, the 4,273 foot long tunnel was abandoned in 1944 and at t... (more)

Entering C&O trackage

The engineer hangs out the cab in a downpour to see if the track is clear around the curve.

Interesting old C&O cantilever signal still in use at Coal Run Jct.

Potomac Special enroute to Parkersburg, WV. Strata-Dome coach is from B&O's COLUMBIAN of 1949.

C&O GP39 3900 leads train #90 eastbound through downtown Lynchburg past ND Cabin, where the N&W crossed the C&O.

Chessie System caboose 904107 still doing duty on a work train tied up at the Lafollette station.

C&O 2716 basks in the winter sun on display at the Kentucky Railway Museum. She was still operable when placed out of service due to expired flue time. Anyone got a spare half a mill or two to get... (more)

I've waited for years for a clear shot of 2716 since she returned to the Kentucky Railway Museum...and what a cold, crappy day. But this is the first full view I've ever had of her w/ no fences, ... (more)

A mine shifter is leaving Shelby Yard with a train of empty hoppers to deliver to a coal mine in a scene repeated over and over again at this southern Kentucky terminal. Railroad: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Locomotive: GE U23B
Location: Shelbiana, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: CO 2309
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1984

Miscellanous power at the roundhouse at Shelby yard at the twilight of the Chessie System.

The engine terminal at Danville, West Virginia, sits in the shadow of the recently constructed US119 bridge.

Three engines and a caboose are heading west through Thurmond, West Virginia.

A train of empty hoppers heads for Russell, Kentucky, as it leaves Chessie's Walbridge yard outside Toledo, Ohio.