Ever wonder just how large a steel mill is? Just compare the size of ET's blast furnaces with Q261 for an illustration.

Detouring due to a derailment on the Pittsburgh Sub, Q261 rolls west on the W&LE, passing the vintage station at Bruceton.

Q261 rolls part Brunswick, MD following a winter storm. There's a tree branch hanging from the engineers side after hitting a low hanging branch sagging from the snow.

A westbound autorack train glides past the old Baldwin-designed station at Point of Rocks on a wintry Saturday afternoon.

A close up view of a pair of CN engines crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry with a CSX autorack train. CN 2404 is in the trailing position.

The ice in the river may suggest Canada but these visitors are crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry with a CSX autorack train. CN 2404 is in the trailing position.

CSX Q261, while passing the delapitated maintence siding at Hansrote, is dwarfed by the CPL masts and surrounding mountains.

Q261 struggles up the hill at Duffields with 1 ACe and 526 axles of rax. See EXIF data for shot details.

With the last morning MARC train clear, the CSX freight schedule resumes in earnest. A southbound autorack train rolls through Laurel on a late December Friday morning.

In an era of standardization, it is good to see some relics still serving their purpose. CPL's and a SD50!

It's a shame she's not still Conrail blue.

A southbound autorack train slows to a stop at Jessup on a crisp, sunny Friday morning. Here, the crew will add a cut of five loaded autoracks set out earlier by a yard crew.

The pipes connected to the Armstrong levers inside HO Tower are clearly visible as Q261 rolls by towards Cumberland.

Q261 reaches the summit of Martinsburg Hill at Hobbs. See EXIF data for shot details.

Q261 approaches the Meyersdale defect detector while a pair of windmills turn on a distant hillside.