A westbound C&O empty hopper train from Newport News was entering the east end of Fulton Yard at Darbytown interlocking in Richmond, VA on April 24, 1982. Note the well sanded appearance of eastb... (more)

An eastbound C&O coal drag had stopped at the crossing at Maidens, VA on March 5, 1982 to allow the passing of a westbound train of empties. The water level James River and Rivanna Subdivisions w... (more)

C&O NW2 No. 5068 was going about the business of loading C&O car ferry "City of Midland 41" at Ludington, MI June 16, 1981. I remember being amazed at just how much the ship would lean to one sid... (more)

By the late 1970s, the east end of the C&O seemed to become a magnet for their fleet of GE locomotives. That really wasn't a problem for me, I enjoyed it, but I am sure a few of the folks working... (more)

It seems every time I visited Quinnimont, WV it was hot and steamy, even in May. On May 20, 1979 the turnaround job from Raleigh had dropped its loads and was heading back home with a train of em... (more)

I ran across C&O Dynanometer Car DM-1 at Huntington Locomotive Shops on Nov. 10, 1977. I can only hope that this car was preserved some place. It would be a shame if it was scrapped.

Far be it for me to ever accuse C&O of wasting anything. In a day when "repurpose" seems to be the word, one has to look back at the C&O and conclude they were "king" years ago. Witness the MofW... (more)

A C&O Mine Run was crossing the Spruce Fork of the Little Coal River near Sharples, WV on May 19, 1979 with GP40 No. 4068 and GP39 No. 3902. Obviously, the bridge had seen some recent attention f... (more)

C&O SD40 No. 7551 was assigned to the yard job, and was working momentarily in front of the old concrete coaling tower at Peach Creek Yard in Logan, WV on May 19, 1979.

The crew for an outbound mine run has just arrived and is checking over the power before heading out for a night of shifting coal cars. Units like GP30 No. 3044 were becoming more common in the c... (more)

C&O FD Cabin in Logan, WV was at the junction of the Logan and Island Creek Subdivisions. The image was taken on May 18, 1979.

C&O FD Cabin in Logan, WV was at the junction of the Logan and Island Creek Subdivisions. The image was taken on May 18, 1979.

A C&O mine run, running caboose light, passes the station at Man, WV on May 18, 1979 with two Geeps. The mine run is westbound on the Logan Subdivision and the Buffalo Subdivision diverges to the... (more)

Back in 1979, things were done a bit differently when it came to communications. A trainman had dismounted and was talking on the phone to get authority to proceed further up the Logan Subdivisio... (more)

A C&O mine run is en-route to the mines with a train of empty hoppers at Elimer, KY on C&O's Sandy Valley and Elkhorn Subdivision. By this date, May 31, 1978, C&O's U25Bs were nearing the end of ... (more)