Like many railfan trips, this day's forecast was "Sunny." While it did wind up that way later, the first train of the morning was found in foggy conditions brought on with cold fall air... (more)

A string of GATX leased units sits on the A&O Yard on a quiet Saturday morning.

The A&O helper spends the night in the pocket at Burnsville.

With 100 mtys in tow, a westbound A&O train with empty hoppers for the Brooks Run Mine rumbles across the Tygart Junction bridge that marks the confluence of the Tygart Valley and Buckhannon River... (more)

This mine shifter departed Grafton around 3:00 pm and finally arrived at Hampton Jct. at around 6:30 pm. The train will head down the Pickens subdivision and deliver empties to the Sawmill Run pr... (more)

An Appalachian & Ohio empty hopper train, led by three ex-Union Pacific SD50s, heads west over the Pleasant Creek Viaduct on a foggy late summer morning in northern West Virginia. Railroad: Appalachian & Ohio Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD50
Location: Pleasant Creek, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: WAMX 5120
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 05, 2005

The Cowen helper set sits idle for the weekend on a comfortable early summer afternoon.

A set of former Union Pacific power leads this Stillwater Central local out of Tulsa.

A westbound A&O empty train makes a spring trip from Grafton to Cowen on the former CSXT Cowen Sub.

The Cowen helpers sit quietly under a blue West Virginia sky.

After lifting a cut of cars from CSX at Grafton the daily tranfer job rumbles across Pleasant Creek on her way down to Buckhannon, WV.

An eastbound train from Sago Mine to Grafton is powered by three GP40/slug sets.

This SD50 in poor but repairable shape is but a remnant of WATCO's control of the A&O. The unit has a brand new prime mover but many other components must be repaired or replaced before it will mo... (more)

Two sets of Mother and Road Mate power idle through the night in front of the yard office.

An A&O slug set, with RDSLUG 2100 (ex-SOO GP35 730, built 5/65) and mother "GP40-3" 2121 (ex-CNW GP40 5533, nee-CR 3045, PC 3045, NYC 3045, built 12/65), pull empties off 96 track for the Cowen Su... (more)