The Silver Star flying around a superelevated curve.

Note the new Metro Station.

With its exhaust stacks capped, #6 sits outside of PY's yard office. After years of working Pot Yard, #6 ended up going north to work for the Patapsco & Back River.

It had been a long night for the crew on southbound manifest No. 105 as it was grinding up Rutherglen Hill at Colemans Mill, VA on January 15, 1982. They had already made several set offs pick up... (more)

This should probably fit into the "strange, but true" category. Northbound Auto Train AT-4 was crossing the South Anna River near Taylorsville, VA on April 29, 1981 behind RF&P SW1500 No. 91, L&N... (more)

An extremely light TOFC hotshot No. 275 was rolling through Ashland, VA on a snowy Jan. 5, 1980. Beautiful homes, like the one to the left, line the RF&P through the town. No. 275 was light, not... (more)

The fall colors were beginning to show on the maple trees in the front of Gwalthmey Baptist Church at Gwalthmey, VA as southbound manifest No. 105 passed on Oct. 18, 1979 with an interesting power... (more)

A southbound work extra is dumping welded rail at Elmont, VA on August 2, 1979, led by GP7 No. 103. Because of its size, it wasn't economically feasible for RF&P to have its own rail train. Most... (more)