Autorack train Q276 hurries upgrade at the Sand Patch summit behind a YN2 duo. Of note, the leader still retains is RS3L horn from days in service on Conrail.

During a brief break in the snowfall, Q276 glides across a frozen Yough river

Baltimore bound autoracks roll over the single main through Coraopolis.

Baltimore bound autoracks duck under the Wheeling & Lake Erie bridge spanning the Youghiogheny River.

Eastbound autoracks on Q276 pass by the Vulcan aggregates facility where, contrary to earlier reports that I passed on (oops!), VULX 2779, a U23B, ex-CR 2779, ex-LV 503 (ex-Wimpey, ex-Tarmac), con... (more)

Snow is flying as some old power gives one last salute to the CPL's that are destined to be destroyed by the end of this week, such as here at Drywall.

Fresh outta the paint room SD50 leads Q276, dashing up and down through the small grades and fresh powder.

After getting permission from the train dispatcher and switchtender to pass the hand thrown crossovers, Q276 heads east running opposite main.

Q276 rounds the curve past the Mance Post Office towards Cumberland amid nice Fall colors. .

Autoracks head down the Metropolitan Sub past the Point of Rocks Station. The two tracks in the foreground are the Old Main Line.

One of CSX's ugly duckling SD40-3's lead a autorack train out of the east portal of Harpers Ferry Tunnel. Originally built in 1892, the tunnel was lengthen in 1896 by constructing brick portals t... (more)

A trio of SD40-2's lead eastbound Q276 towards CP-17Y on the former P&LE.

Q276-18 eastbound thru Ellerslie

An old and worn out leader struggles up the mountain on the Sand Patch grade at the namesake "village" of Sand Patch.

A Maryland State Trooper gets the story from the driver of a car wedged up against the mainline near the Weverton interlocking. The Q276 crew stopped just in time to avoid hitting the stuck vehicl... (more)