A westbound empty coke train passing under a vintage B&O signal bridge at Great Cacapon, WV.

"Fly me to the Moon"... comes to mind as what looks like a spaceship is actually Q400 and it's seven engine consist rolling by Great Cacapon towards the moon filled Sideling Hill Gap along the Po... (more)

Westbound manifest rolls by and flips the Dry Wall signals

With clear skies and moonlight reflecting off the tops of the autoracks from a full moon, this scene will soon be a thing of the past as the CPL signal bridges begin to disappear on the Cumberland... (more)

Traffic was somewhat slow on the Cumberland sub this day - we missed a few westbounds trying to find a location. The U833 had a hard time getting out of Cumberland and gave us plenty of advance n... (more)

Unit coal rolls along the mountain side and under the classic B&O CPL's at Ambrose.

Its only 10:44 PM but the moon is bright and stars streak across the sky above. Almost 7 minute exposure at f5, ISO 250.

Almost midnight in the mountains and an eastbound Q train is on the approach. On the Cumberland Sub, this is the last pair of bracket masts still standing between Paw Paw and Hancock. Change has... (more)

Westbound on the Magnolia Cutoff, a CSX mixed freight splits the B&O CPL's at "Turkey Foot".

Passing under the increasingly rare B&O CPL's on the Magnolia Cutoff, a Cumberland bound manifest picks up speed as he nears the completion of his crew run from Brunswick to Cumberland.

For one arriving bright eyed and bushy tailed, looking forward to a couple of days fanning the B&O Cumberland SD, this was not a welcome sight, especially for the first train of the day. B&O Brun... (more)

Having flashbacks from Sewell in June of 2010, eastbound autorack loads pass over the B&O stone bridge at Great Cacapon. Photo taken from a perfectly positioned boulder.

V634 rolls east on clear signals, crossing the icy waters of the Cacapon River. Things got a little more complicated east of here, when the Low Grade over North Mountain was blocked by a stopped ... (more)