Three light CSX GEs head south across the Ohio River.

Late summer at Dover, a yard switch has a car to drag in passing the old commercial district under the wires. Thanks to Richard Scott Marsh for bringing out the beauty of the Kodachrome II colors... (more)

AEM-7 #950 hustles down the Corridor late one evening bound for Philly.

Near sunset, light power heads south up the Ohio River Bridge as an NS northbound waits across the river to come into Gest Street Yard. In the foreground, the Cincinnati Museum Center is cast in t... (more)

A northbound vehicle train has just passed CT Junction on its way to CUT as an opposing grain load takes an alternate route out of Queensgate Yard.

Soo 765,755,4436 have train 911 and 55 cars rolling through fresh snow on the curves near Garnet. The Soo had already re-routed most COFC traffic off this line and it now is surviving on mainly fo... (more)

Freshly rebuilt 1811 leads 8771, 8763 and train 911 past local yard unit 7099 and the CP Station as they arrive at Sault Ste. Marie with the hot COFC train from St. Luc to Chicago. Train 911 norma... (more)

BN 5531, ATSF 8118, BN 5572,5109,7822 drop down Logan Hill with empties.

Soo 4418,4419 are busy loading the Chief Wawatum at St. Ignace. The Chief had just over a year left to operate as a carferry at this time. Business had dried up and the Chief was more or less back... (more)

At sunset, a single Dash 8 brings an NS train of grain hoppers across the Ohio River Bridge as a coal barge glides below it.

East Conway is a busy place, day or night. A C38 local arrives on the left as the 12G heads for Delaware on the right. In a few minutes, Amtrak's Capitol Limited will sneak up on me on track 1 a... (more)

Late one night in Virginia, the crew discovers a hidden coupler within the pilot and decide to secretly run a double header with N&W #610. No photos exist of the event... In actuality, it is unl... (more)

Body and soul. Or, reminiscing days gone by. bw

J at Rest: N&W's Streamlined Js had 80,000 pounds of tractive effort and were proven able to hold a steady speed of 110 mph with a 15 car train while on loan to the PRR. Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 611
Train ID: Lerro Photo Charter
Photo Date: November 13, 2010

Eye on the prize: Owen Hawkins, the engineer of tonight's train #26, the Powhatan Arrow, leans out of the cab to grab trainorders. bw