Three C.C.&O. locomotives at the yard in Elkhorn City. October 1978. 3010, 3630 and 3004?
M of W fellow grinds a field weld on new rail behind the passenger station in Williamson, WV. Date of the weld is chalked on the side of the rail. Folk art on the tool box cover is cute. Look c... (more)
Supervisor gives hand signals to wreck train crew preparing to clean up derailment at Wolf Creek branch/ October, 1978
M of W worker makes a field weld on newly laid rail behind the passenger station in Williamson, WV.
Work train with the BIG HOOK backs up to coal train derailment on the Scioto Division. Oct 1978
SBD and other CSX predecessor-schemed units cross the N&W Old Main Line at ND Cabin in downtown Lynchburg.
NS predecessor companies join hands nicely here. Southern RY. caboose on the rear of N&W ballast cars at Montview Yd. (Southern's yard. N&W's yard was Kinney)
The steel rail, steel wheel interface looks especially nice during the "golden hour", when the setting sun, low in the sky, casts a warm glow on everything. Westbound CSX myts seen crossing the N... (more)
Impressive NW SD45 (long-hood forward, of course) and slug do some switching at the west end of the Williamson Yards. In the background is the old "Town Bridge" which carried US 52 over Vinson H... (more)
When CSX was in the process of being created, NS insisted on being given trackage rights over the CSX between Balcony Falls, VA, and Lynchburg, VA. to create a "short cut" between their north-sout... (more)
A view of the operator's board in Williamson, WV, in the days when the Williamson operator controlled the RR from Devon to Williamson.
"Lake" coal prepares to depart Williamson, WV. Coal moved in both directions from Williamson. Tidewater coal went east and Lake coal went west.
A lone commuter watches the full moon rise over Manassas, VA, on Hallowe'en 2001 as the last northbound VRE train prepares to depart for Washington.
SR 8245 (Is it a GP 7, a GP 9, or a GP 18?) handles the Royal Hudson 4-6-2 #2839 around the wye at Monroe, VA. EVERYTHING in the background except for one main line track is gone now. The yard c... (more)
SR GP30 2601 trundles along side a Chessie Steam Special ferry move from Brunswick, MD, to Richmond, VA
