Fall has come and gone awful early in the highest of elevations already. Remnants of Joaquin pulled winds and moisture out of the east into West Virginia's high mountain country this weekend. Toda... (more)

Chessie U30C #3301 resting at Martin, KY || August 1983

C&O #2732 sits behind the Virginia Science Museum in Richmond.

Former C&O J-3 4-8-4 puts on a spectacular display of smoke and steam prior to pulling into Orlando for a northbound excursion. The locomotive ran weeknd trips from Orlando with the Family Lines S... (more)

Former C&O J-3 4-8-4 sits at Ybor City just before returning to Orlando with the Family Lines Safety Express. The big Lima ran trips out of Florida cities that month.

ex-JKL 7311, exx-TIPP 7311, nee-C&O 7311/1811

Looking at the south end of town we have two truck mine tipples operations. Believe it or not there is five tracks in this photo. The first one on the left goes to the tipple with the truck in the... (more)

The Garrett Indiana bound Chessie Safety Express is seen here heading east through Willow Creek on the old B&O line in 1981.

Built in 1949, C&O no. 1309 a 2-6-6-2 class Steam locomotive sits on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Interchange track. The locomotive made a lengthy journey from Baltimore, MD, the engine fi... (more)

Great news for this grand lady! The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad announced today that it will acquire #1309, a C&O 2-6-6-2 mallet, and return the locomotive to operation. The 1309, the last ... (more)

It was a more innocent time… when a summertime swim in the Coal River might mean jumping off the railroad bridge at Sproul, and that’s what the photographer found when he visited there on June... (more)

A cab shot of C&O 5828 a EMD GP7 on display at the C&O railway heritage center.

C&O NW2 No. 5068 was going about the business of loading C&O car ferry "City of Midland 41" at Ludington, MI June 16, 1981. I remember being amazed at just how much the ship would lean to one sid... (more)

Years ago I had a seasoned SCL Chief Dispatcher explain to me that there were three degrees of derailments. The "Aw Shucks" wasn't too bad. A little worse, but not totally devastating, was the "... (more)

C&O #490: One of my all time favorite engines - built by ALCO in 1926 as a Pacific, the C&O rebuilt this engine as a streamlined Hudson in 1946 for "Chessie" service, the C&O’s hope for... (more)