Thank You train Gods! Finally a standard cab leader!

Southbound 11R speeds up past a clear signal at Shepherdstown.

Atlanta bound 203 gets ready to enter the great state of West Virginia.

I am not sure what the exact name or the function of this piece of equipment is, but it made a lot of noise and dust.

Southbound 112 crosses the Potomac River on it's way toward Roanoke.

After I sank knee deep into the mud and a smallmouth bass was nibbling on my leg, 11 R heads south. The waters of the Potomac were actually warm for late May.

15 T clear Charlestown!

A local artist has decided to decorate the signal box at Old Shepherdstown Road. This is not unusual at this spot but what was unusual is the train symbol and all of the empty 3 bay hoppers going... (more)

Westbound manifest winds through the S curve near Martinsburg.

Southbound manifest hammers through the small town of Berryville.

The Capitol Limited is on it's last leg of the trip from Chicago to Washington D.C.

Northbound manifest heads toward Vardo Yard in Hagerstown.

Snow has fallen in the Panhandle and the trains keep moving as Q376 heads east thru Van Clevesville.

After holding at Shenandoah Jct. for two northbounds, 211 heads south with clear signals. The old building on the right is one of two old stations located in Charlestown for the old N&W.

The packed parking lot below the trestle means only one thing in January: It is a fairly warm day and people are out on the C&O Towpath as 16T heads north towards Hagerstown.