Sewage settling pools look a little bit like turntables from this vantage point.

Continuing an age-old tradition, eastbound coal crosses the Potomac on the former B&O at Harpers Ferry.

The Keyser helper has one task, but it's a daunting one - shoving westbounds up the tortuous Seventeen Mile Grade.

The CSX paint scheme was becoming more and more common, but it would still be a few more years before the SD 50 fleet was repainted.

After running alongside the Ohio River, 20V will soon ascend the OC Bridge and cross the river just west of downtown Pittsburgh.

Two very different container trains meet just east of CP Bell. 20Q is on the left and trash train 65J is stopped at right.

A high hood SD40-2 adds some interest to 11A's power consist.

Operator Allen Brougham watches a westbound roll past JD on the main. Less than a year later the tower was closed, after serving the railroad for three quarters of a century.

It was always interesting to see what unusual locomotives might turn up in Brunswick during the early CSX era. Here, a U36B with EMD trucks rests next to the roundhouse in a scene from late 1988 ... (more)

Baileys is a good place to see trains of all types - everything from short locals and yard jobs to MARC trains and long road freights can all be viewed here. Adding to the mix, Baltimore's light ... (more)

Takin' out the trash. 65J has a fresh load of garbage, destined for a landfill on the Ohio Central.

A few moments after BMan photographed this train from a higher vantage point, I caught him coming past the former PRR signal bridges at Federal St.

Detouring over the P&W Sub, 136 passes the leads to the defunct Glenwood shop. This scene is very unlikely to be repeated today - the only train that regularly uses this track is the Capitol Limi... (more)

The shop switcher rests outside the former B&O facility in Cumberland.

A pair of former Seaboard units lead a freight into Covington. This engine seems to follow me around, I've photographed it four times between '88 and '04.