In days gone by, there were many items on the railroads that gave them personality, things that I unfortunately often overlooked. Thankfully, I didn't overlook this safety sign on the N&W shop at... (more)
A westbound NS manifest slows to a stop at the NS/GE interchange track in Erie, PA on Sept. 18, 1998 to pick up three new CP AC4400CWs.
By the mid-1980s, thankfully, W&W had started to paint and/or letter some units. RS-11 No. 351 had received a fresh coat of black with W&W lettering and lettering had been added to the S-6s. In ... (more)
The frost was still hanging on the field as the eastbound W&W "Sandman" was literally clawing its way up Gainesboro Hill on Oct. 28, 1983, probably at little more than walking speed. RS-11 No. 35... (more)
The eastbound "Sandman" was easing around a curve at the bottom of Gainesboro Hill on a cool, crisp October morning. The frost if finally melting off the top of RS-11 No. 351, which has begun to ... (more)
High hood SD40-2 No. 3280 leads an eastbound unit coal train upgrade east of Maybeury, WV on May 16, 1994.
NYS&W C430 was leaving a healthy dose of Alco smoke in its wake as it crossed the Chenango River at Chenango Bridge, NY on June 19, 1984.
A NYS&W trainman was protecting the movement as a set of light engines backed through the yard at Binghamton, NY on June 19, 1984 with RS-3 No. 101 and C430s No's. 3000 and 3004.
The eastbound W&W "Sandman" was clawing its way up Round Hill, just east of Hayfield, VA, on April 21, 1980. The climb up Round Hill was brutal, but the climb up Gainesboro Hill was worse, requir... (more)
The eastbound W&W "Sandman" was easing around the curve at Indian Hollow, VA on April 21, 1980, looking out for cattle and automobiles. The first few years after Unicil (now Unimin) bought the W&... (more)
Eastbound NS manifest No. 148 was grinding upgrade at Kyle, WV on May 16, 1994, led by C39-8 No. 8588.
NYS&W (former FJ&G) No. 100 was switching at Sangerfield, NY on Sept. 30, 1983. I'll let the diesel purists figure this one out. The tall cab window on the front of the cab and the fuel fill on ... (more)
NS C40-8 No. 8707, on a westbound light helper, was bursting out of Elkhorn Tunnel and into a sliver of sunlight on May 16, 1994.
An eastbound NS unit coal train was setting at Farm, WV, waiting for the helper to be attached, when a short thunderstorm hit on May 15, 1994.
Westbound NS manifest No. 885 was slowing to do some switching at a limestone plant in Sword Creek, VA on May 10, 1992.
