A rainy day look back through time... The CPL intermediates at MP 134 display a pair of clear blocks after the passing of a westbound manifest on a cold, moonlit night along the B&O's Magno... (more)

A rainy day look back through time... A midnight meet on Magnolia... An eastbound autorack train meets a westbound manifest at the MP 130.4 intermediate signal bridge west of Great Cacapon.... (more)

A rainy day look back through time... An eastbound CSX manifest approaches the B&O CPL signal bridge at MP 126.8, eastbound on the B&O mainline to Baltimore.

A rainy day look back through time... A full moon subtly illuminates the tops of an autorack train at the MP 132.4 intermediates near Great Cacapon on the B&O mainline.

CSX's Cumberland to Hagerstown Turn seen returning west with 100+ cars in tow.

Built in 1910 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is this four arch stone viaduct over the mouth of the Cacapon River near Great Cacapon, WV. Originally built for the then triple track B&O, CSX sti... (more)

The CPL signals on their next to final night direct Hagerstown to Cumberland local D720 on their westward journey.

The sun sneaks behind Sideling Hill to my west and casts shadows along the Cacapon River Valley but also on the B&O CPL Signals like here in Great Cacapon as within 36 hours, they would light no m... (more)

An eastbound coal train rolls across the 1910 stone viaduct crossing the Cacapon River.

Q217 passes under one of the many B&O signal bridges that once graced numerous locations along the Cumberland Sub.

The westbound CAPITOL LIMITED rolls under the now extinct bracket mast CPL signals at Hansrote.

Something different... A westbound empty hopper trains flips the CPL on track one. I end up painting the cars with my LED lantern I had on me and the train passes. Totally by accident and it wasn'... (more)

Snow is flying as some old power gives one last salute to the CPL's that are destined to be destroyed by the end of this week, such as here at Drywall.

The Capitol Limited has been a fixture on this line minus 10 years since 1923. Also a fixture on this former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline are it's color position signals. This week marks t... (more)

Thanks to Sean Hoyden for letting me use his equipment. Q370 lit up at Great Cacapon