After a long day of Greenbrier Valley trains, Earl stands proudly in front of his steed at the Durbin depot.
With the last of the regularly-scheduled Durbin & Greenbrier Valley passenger trains, Moore-Keppel #3 trundles back into Durbin.
I spent a lot of time between photo locations studying this exact view. It's really amazing, the faith put in that locking pin and that coupler knuckle... World's strongest handshake, indeed.
With stack blasting, Moore-Keppel #3 crosses Elk Creek on a photo runby during a Chase Gunnoe Photography fall charter.
The shot from across the Greenbrier River. Moore-Keppel #3 puts on a nice show trundling downstream towards Cass.
Looking a bit like Humpty Dumpty, Shay #2 is seen here inside the locomotive shop at Cass, West Virginia, awaiting the completion of its rebuild.
After a long day of running up and down the Greenbrier Valley, Moore-Keppel #3 cools its heels in the Durbin yard. Lighting by Chase Gunnoe.
Westbound at Esbenshade Road, Canadian National E-10-a #89 leads the 2PM train back to East Strasburg.
This definitely isn't the first time this scene has repeated itself... Two Norfolk Southern (ex-Conrail) SD60i's lead a Pennsylvania Power & Light coal train eastbound over the venerable Shermans... (more)
Popping out of the trees into the sun at Groundhog Cut, Canadian National E-10-a #89 works upgrade to Esbenshade Road.
With the 2PM train in tow, Canadian National E-10-a #89 stomps across the Pumpkinville Turnpike bridge on approach to Carpenters Crossing.
Where only geared steam dare tread, Western Maryland "Big Six" shoves our train up to Bald Knob on a chilly Fall afternoon.
After spending the last hour and a half attacking the slopes of Bald Knob ahead of a Shay, the last thing one expects to find atop a mountain is a C&O F7A and a B&O GP7! The Cheat Mountain Salama... (more)
Rounding the curve near the swinging bridge, Climax #3 looks quite at home amongst the rocks and trees of the Greenbrier Valley.
It never ceases to amaze me just how downright beautiful the Greenbrier Valley can be... What better place to experience that than from the caboose?
