Halfway there, the Stone Train arrives in Finksburg with 20 loaded hoppers. It will position these on the lefthand siding, just uphill from the unloading station, then retrieve the 20 empty hoppe... (more)

MMID 300 and her sisters begin their return to Union Bridge,light, after dropping empties at the LS&E Quarry, on this gray November day.

Northbound aggregate hopper train crosses the Patapsco River at 1055.

Long/slow UP gravel train being loaded.

Sitting at the Conrad Yelvington Aggregate Plant

In Indiana, you have to take elevation wherever you can find it, like on top of a pile of gravel (on public property, of course). Once I got to the top, I started sliding back down rather quickly,... (more)

This is the SDP35 used as a switcher at the Southwest Portland Cement plant in Victorville, Calif.

This gravel train approaches Enola Yard in the early evening. Canon 10D and 70-200mm lens, 1/180 second exposure, f6.7, F.L. 70mm, ISO 100.

Train sitting waiting on crew, sitting on the newly built rock spur just off the NS main.

A pair of WC 45's bring empty stone hoppers back to Delphi, IN.