One of two tunnels on the "Kanawha & West" railroad. This line was originally owned by the Kanawha & West railroad before being taken over by the New York Central in later years. Infact, a small N... (more)

Gone but not forgotten, this long string of Conrail boxcars rots away on the abandoned tracks at Rose yard.

Shown is the old B&O Parkersburg Branch with two old rusty CLP's still standing.

Looking down the old B&O mainline in Parkersburg. This stretch of track was once used by hot shot TOFC trains, many priority freights, and even an Amtrak passenger train at one time. Special thank... (more)

Rust slowly takes over an IC caboose which spends much of its time on a siding in the yard.

You can see where the old Penn Central logo has been sanded off this venerable switcher.

Old GP at the dismantled Island Creek Coal Virginian Pocahontas operation. Several years ago a worker was killed on this engine while changing parts out when a large piece fell off the flatbed, ca... (more)

Jewell Smokeless Coal loadout. Did I say coal?

Former Chesapeake & Ohio 6253 is slowly rusting away in a siding near Levisa Jct.

January 31, 1979- CR 6407 was the leader and CR 6377 was the trailing unit of a Buffalo-Enola freight that rear-ended a stopped Syracuse-Enola freight. Both trains were to stop for a northbound fr... (more)

Before the big Alco's were scraped for good, they went to Mingo Junction to perform heavy duty mineral hauling on Conrail.

5300 was the flagship of the RDG Alco 630s.

Dozens of narrow gauge hopper cars sit and rust after being seemingly abandoned for nearly half a century. Note the trees growing through the cars! The Earth reclaims. I've always wanted to get... (more)

The Penn Central, hated by many-loved by few. Apparently hated by someone so much that it warranted putting a bullet right through the "heart" of one of the mating worms.

The original routing of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Main Line lies in ruins through the town of Metuchen. This right of way was acquired in 1875 and survived in various forms until its service a... (more)