Built on the banks of the New River, the former C&O South Side Subdivision (correct me if I am wrong) is falling apart and slowly being reclaimed by mother nature.

Former C&O 6253 is undergoing the scrapper's torch at a local processing plant undergoing renovations.

You are looking at the world's most powerful articulated steam locomotive, C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 Allegheny 1601. It and it's brethren were rated for 7,498 horsepower at 46 MPH. Interesting how single un... (more)

C&O 614 charges through the New River Gorge during a March snow storm in 1985.

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.

C&O 614 pulling the Chessie Safety Express across the Hawks Nest Bridge deep in the New River Gorge of West Virginia in October of 1981.

Mamiya 645 color negative