"Sunrise with the J": N&W #611 breaks the early morning silence outside of the Verdant View Farm as the sun just barely breaks over the hills to the East.

CSX #3232 leads a westbound empty coal hopper train through Thurmond, WV on the spring morning of May 18, 2021. The town was founded by W.D. Thurmond in 1873 when the former Civil War Confederate ... (more)

"Take me back": As the sun continues to rise to the East, a Norfolk & Western J Class locomotive makes haste with a hot shot freight. Norfolk & Western #611 - October 2019

After the shot at Coopers Trestle, NS 9555 got well ahead of me along US Route 52 and I turned my attention instead to the coal dock at Elkhorn, WV. Even with severe downturns in an area known for... (more)

A local railfan couple take in the action of the newest steam railroad in America during the 1960s as Strasburg Rail Road #90 hustles west with its daily passenger train along the Road to Paradise... (more)

A local commuter in his Cadillac pauses at the Verdant View Farm crossing as Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 speeds by on the morning of October 18, 2020. Built in 1924 for the Great Western Rail... (more)

Birds fly high above Thurmond, WV on the afternoon of May 18, 2021 as CSX #144 proceeds past the coaling tower with coal loads bound for Norfolk, VA from RJ Corman Railroad Group's, former C&O, Lo... (more)

Cresting Elkhorn Grade, Norfolk Southern #4135 and #1079 cross Cooper's Trestle near Bramwell, WV on January 16, 2021. The bridge passing below the enormous steel and concrete Norfolk & Western st... (more)

The switch lamps at the R&N headquarters in Port Clinton, PA help turn back the clock on this former Reading Railroad part of the R&N line. Here, former Gulf Mobile & Ohio pacific #425 has stopped... (more)

NS #4087, the same train we first met in Oakvale, departs Bluefield after a crew change on the morning of April 30, 2020. Aside from the lubritoriums on the lower left, the coal tower is one of th... (more)

"Steel Horizon": The jointed rails across "The Flats" of the Strasburg Rail Road beamed as Norfolk & Western #611 raced west on the morning of October 5, 2019. With every turn ... (more)

"Fall Morning in Port Clinton": Early morning sun lights the mountain west of Port Clinton, PA on the morning of October 19, 2024 as the yard comes to life with the sounds and smells of ... (more)

After catching NS #4087 west of Welch we decided to part ways with that manifest train and turn to another classic location to photograph incoming west-bounds: the Court Street overlook. Here, SD7... (more)

"Student and Teacher": Student Hostler and Fireman Gabe Bocchino warms up the air pump on N&W M Class #475 as his mentor Engineman Dave Domitrovich, while blowing down Great Western deca... (more)

D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard near Elk Park, deep within the Animas River Canyon, bringing their mixed train into the siding on October 16, 2023. Here the D&S sponsored photo special will await th... (more)