These classic PRR Position Light Signals stand tall and guard movements along the railroad at Port Royal, PA. Time however is not on their side as they are scheduled for removal sometime within th... (more)

Dashing through downtown Charles Town at a clip of 10 mph in front of the American Public University Eastern Panhandle Campus in low light conditions is K796 on the old B&O Valley Branch.

CSX limestone train K796 traverses 44 of 50 miles of the Shenandoah Sub, ie the Valley Branch of the B&O from Middletown, VA to Harpers Ferry and beyond. Here it is passing the Paper Mill at Hallt... (more)

Proof that not everything works as it should. This, the westbound B&O CPL guarding the CSX/NS diamond in the distance at Charles Town, WV is only one of two active B&O CPLs in Jefferson County, WV... (more)

The new Box Car logo of CSX is lightly painted on the side of a 3000 numbered series engine sitting in Brunswick Yard as it sits in the trailing position of an eastbound coal train.

Lit under a Half Moon, the "diamond" where the old Shenandoah Valley Railroad ie Norfolk and Western Railway H Line and the old Winchester and Potomac ie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cross on the f... (more)

Fog or Pea Soup? L415 rolls east through the interlocking as a heavy dense fog settles in the Northern Shenandoah Valley limiting visability to less than a quarter of a mile.

First train picture of 2013. NS 8340 and it's manifest train gets the proceed signal off the siding at Shepherdstown after waiting for a southbound train to pass.

Shenandoah Junction, WV was once a major interchange point between the Baltimore and Ohio and Norfolk Western Railroads. It was active until the interchange was moved to Hagerstown fully into the ... (more)

Thanksgiving weekend 2011 begins to unwind after the sun sets on the Point of Rocks B&O Station as the evening westbound Capitol Limited snakes by taking holiday travelers to Cumberland and points... (more)

I'd like to dedicate this to my Dad whom I lost 8 years ago to Brain Cancer. Knowing full well he would be spending time track side with my son and I. Probably not at 2am when this was taken. The ... (more)

Dusk sets in and a northbound *railroad east* begins it's crossing of the Yellow Breeches Creek east of Boiling Springs, PA on the ex two track main of the Reading Railroad.

Travel back in time as a Norfolk and Western train slowly arrives to make a station stop at Boyce, VA. Fast forward to October 2012 and witness what seems like a ghost train arriving just in time ... (more)

Northbound manifest 12R stirs the quietness at Boyce, VA as it races around the bend and illuminates the heavy moisture in the air and the old Norfolk and Western Station now used as a Railway Mai... (more)

It's after midnight under a setting half Moon as the Chambersburg to Chicago intermodal Q015 crosses the Potomac River and a heavy fog begins to lift off the water's surface. The glow in the dista... (more)