A sign of the times. CSX train B815 heads west on its way to load 115 cars of coal at the Harrison County mine. On the left, we see a MOW truck loading up scrap spikes into gondolas. CSX has recen... (more)

In the last hour of light in the sky, we are blessed with a beautiful sunset as a MOW train sits in Clarksburg Yard.

Not Fooling Anoyone. On June 3, 2011, HLCX 5960 (ex-NS 6523 exx-HLCX 5960, exxx-CRIX 5960, exxxx-UP 5960, née-CNW 8030, SD60, 9/1986) leads a Norfolk Southern Corp manifest train over form... (more)

Rolling on the River. The Potomac Eagle's B&O F7 poses over the South Branch Potomac River on a Lerro Photography photo charter.

"Fast Freight at White Sulphur": CSXT train H751 speeds west past the passenger platform at White Sulphur Springs, WV on May 22, 2021. Taken at 1/15th a second, perhaps this is close to ... (more)

Memorial Day is a special holiday for many Americans. In Grafton, it is taken very seriously with one of the largest parades in the United States in memory and celebration of our Fallen Heros. Her... (more)

CSX H801 rolls backwards into the yard at Meadow Creek, WV to couple up to a second cut of cars before heading onto the CSX Nicholas Fayette and Greenbrier branch line. H801 is bound for the load... (more)

CSXT #792 leads coal train T21122 east under the eastbound signals at Alderson, WV on the morning of May 22, 2021. Alderson was settled in 1777 by "Elder" John Alderson a frontier missio... (more)

Waking up downtown Durbin. The Durbin, WV locals are waking up to the sound of a locomotive that sounds like it is doing 45 mph, as Meadow River Lumber Company Heisler #6 is pressed into se... (more)

An idle but full CSX coal train waits at Prince.

CSX Transportation coal train T21122 thunders east near Caldwell, WV on the morning of May 22, 2021. The coal on this train will eventually reach Newport News, VA for export.

With fog rising in the background, CSX 792 leads T211-21 into Alderson, WV during the early morning sun.

Cass Night Watch. A lone Shay locomotive stands by for late light switching duty on the platform at the old C&O Depot in Cass, WV. Mower Shay #4 is the duty locomotive this evening, and th... (more)

Cass Depot, ca 1948. With the day's operations shut down several hours ago and the locomotive fires banked, a couple of Mower Lumber Co. night hostlers chat on the empty platform of the old... (more)

Through the Mountains. On a Lerro Photography charter, the Potomac Eagle’s cab diesel does a runby near the beginning of an area called the Trough, which was the site of a battle in 1756... (more)