Too bad the middle engine wasn't another Chessie unit, although the UP SD40-2 was probably a good catch at the time since foreign power was a lot less common in '91!
Westbound empties roll past A Cabin at the summit. Those familiar with the location will notice the old C&O signal structure has been removed. I fear one day A cabin will follow it.
Coal drag beginning to climb the Newburg Grade
U306 passes long closed CA tower in "Terry Allie," as the train crews call it. The mix of state-of-the-art engines and relics from the past like CA tower are one of the most intresting parts of th... (more)
West bound dropping down Sand Patch grade. The crest of the grade is in the tunnel.
Q148 seen from a new perspective running wrong main Eastward along the Famed B&O's Concrete Wall Curve.
Eastbound power move X020-22 slowly lumbers past the CPL at Broadford. The X020 along with Q216, Q276, and Q394 were held west of Connellsville after Q148 had a run in with some pedestrians at the... (more)
Featured in the 2008 CSX calendar. Hundreds of icicles hang from the lining of Harpers Ferry Tunnel as a rerouted X364 approaches.
A derailment inside the Harpers Ferry Tunnel a few days earlier caused major delay's for freight trains. This in turn, made it possible to photograph R135 with a Chessie leader in afternoon sunlig... (more)
Bound for Grafton, WV, E819 passes under some vintage B&O CPL's.
Ready for Halloween, pumpkin geep #9653 is in charge of a short train at Homestead.
A quintet of different paint schemes are represented on V860, a loaded coal train working upgrade on Sand Patch.
A long time East End landmark, Miller Tower watches the passage of an eastbound drag in the summer of 1988. Miller closed in 2000, but is currently being restored in Martinsburg: http://www.bull... (more)
One of only 10 SD60s ordered by CSX leads an eastbound drag on the Cumberland Sub.
