A Full Moon illuminates overcast skies over the Magnolia Cutoff and the B&O CPL signals at Carothers light up for a westbound train. These signals would continue to only shine for two more months ... (more)

It's after midnight and M5T passes through the small town of Boyce, Virginia which sits between Berryville and Front Royal on the NS H Line between Hagerstown, MD and Roanoke, VA.

The headlights of a westbound helper set heading up the East Slope towards Horseshoe Curve lights up the now closed Alto Tower and CP Altoona signal bridge.

A scene no other railroad can match, At Summerhill on the former PRR mainline between Pittsburgh and Altonna on the West Slope of the Alleghanies. 2 eastbounds race other running upgrade under the... (more)

The Norfolk and Western CPL flips from Green to Red on the main as 38Q passes by. The other signal to the left is for the siding. A Doll Mast stands on the right of the signals letting crews know ... (more)

The southbound Shepherdstown, WV signal stands tall against the bright Moon in the early morning hours of Cinco De Mayo 2012.

It's a few minutes before midnight and just like these signals, the day is winding down to its final moments. The Farm Supply and Ag Services across the tracks were once served by the railroad and... (more)

The Norfolk and Western Southbound Berryville CPLs stand tall with the moon illuminating the night sky behind them.

Q415's last few cars and EOT trek past the Martinsburg Station complex under a near full moon.

Q400 rolls west on track one at the Cherry Run interlocking. Four tracks converge at this location. In the foreground from left to right is the Lurgan Sub from Hagerstown, the Cumberland Sub Low G... (more)

Beards Road Crossing in Berkeley County, WV along the North Mountain Grade has two s-curves and cut on each side. Here the gates come down as Q416 is about to turn the corner around Paxton Cut.

After arriving in Hagerstown, MD from the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch, a string of PPLX hoppers run west off the former Western Maryland now CSX Lurgan Sub at Cherry Run, WV under a near full m... (more)

Dawn is beginning to break as Q401 shines on the eastbound B&O CPL Bracket Mast at Turkey Foot. Previously a signal bridge stood here when this was a three track mainline but was taken down when d... (more)

Looking at this scene in any book or on the web and you would easily know it was at Paw Paw, WV. The tunnel in the distance is Carothers Tunnel, the western most on the B&O Magnolia Cutoff. NOTICE... (more)

Just west of Paw Paw, WV and technically still on the Magnolia Cutoff lies Little Niagara or as old heads call it "Bird S**t Hollow." This bridge once controlled all four tracks of the Cutoff unti... (more)