The westbound WM Henry Turn is leaving Westernport, MD on May 3, 1978 and is enroute to the Vepco Power Plant at Mt. Storm, WV with a loaded coal train. Hand-me-down WM GP9 No. 5955 is leading fo... (more)

I really don't know where to start on this one. This was taken in front of the yard office at WM's yard in Hagerstown, MD on Nov. 15, 1976. Railroading was in a state of flux at the time. The P... (more)

There is one thing for certain. For its size, WM had some very diverse scenery, from the urban docks of Baltimore to the wooded hollows of West Virginia, and everything in between. On a hazy Nov... (more)

WM's Shippensburg Local was easing across Prices Trestle over the west branch of Antietam Creek as it approached Waynesboro, PA on Nov. 15, 1976.

The snow had just begun to fall at WM's Hagerstown Yard as BL2 No. 82 worked over the hump on February 19, 1975.

It was train time at Mexico Tower in Cumberland, MD on Oct. 12, 1975. An eastbound WM manifest is leaving the yard as a westbound B&O manifest enters. Waiting behind the eastward home signal is ... (more)

Western Maryland BL2 No. 82 does some switching in heavy snowfall at Hagerstown Yard in Hagerstown, MD on Feb. 19, 1975.

Southern SW1 No. 1011 and caboose, used to work the branch to Versailles, was resting in Lawrenceburg, KY on May 15, 1979.

A northbound Southern manifest prepares to leave Danville Yard on May 15, 1979 with SD35 No. 3099 and C&O SD40 No. 7577.

Back in 1978, just as it is today, the grassy hill at Alexandria Passenger Station was a great place to spend some time watching and photographing trains. It was busy, with freights from C&O, RF&... (more)

Southbound Southern local freight No. 35 stops to switch the Johns-Manville plant north of Edinburg, VA on a cold Jan. 30, 1978.

Southbound Southern No. 5, the "Piedmont," was rounding a curve at Rockfish, VA on October 18, 1975, led by FP7 No. 6134. Normally, No. 5 rated four F units, but on this day was getting along wit... (more)

I have always liked the FURX paint scheme. In the world of lease units, I thought it was a winner. On Sept. 7, 2002, I was pleased when the three of them rounded a hillside east of Mance, PA wit... (more)

CSX's former Conrail SD60Ms and SD60Is were equipped with Automatic Train Control, compatible with that used on the former RF&P. This meant these units were good bets on the trains operating betw... (more)

During the 1960's, Alco RS-3s, along with EMD F7As, were the staple of the Manassas-Harrisonburg Branch. By the 1970's, they had been replaced by EMD GP30s, GP35s, and finally, GP38s. I was amaz... (more)