On a beautiful day in Grafton, the only servicing facility for CSX in the State of West Virginia, an assortment of locomotives await assignments. The unique B&O Grafton Division HQ can be seen in ... (more)

A pair of SD70MAC's approach Berkley Run Junction with an empty coal train for the mines on the Cowen Sub.

On the west side of Grafton at Berkley Run Junction is the split between the Bridgeport Sub and the Cowen Sub. The T803 is heading up onto the Cowen Sub with empty boxcars for Heaters on the head... (more)

In the late 90's, CSX's small fleet of SD60's worked the former B&O out of Grafton. They were frequently covered in coal dust while working in helper service out of Burnsville on the Cowen Sub.

My goal was to photograph the old B&O station in Grafton but the rear of a hopper train was in the way. When I looked at the slides, I'm glad it was there. CSX gave a little "extra tea" to the t... (more)

NS power, led by a former Conrail GP38-2, invades B&O territtory in Grafton.

Q316 prepares to depart the east end of Grafton Yard.

A "wagon top" caboose, Baltimore and Ohio C 2445 is preserved at Grafton. Here, the famous "Linking 13 Great States With The Nation" logo still looks good on the old caboose's side.

853 and 212 wait for crew next to famous old "D" tower. Hard to imagine at the state the old tower is in now how it must have looked during the busy days of steam at Grafton.

A westbound empty hopper train is getting underway on the Cowen Subdivision at Grafton, WV on May 20, 1979, led by WM GP40 No. 3797.

Towers always catch my attention and so do GP30s. The B&O owned a large number of GP30s and liked them so well it kept them running right through the creation of CSX. Bad lighting or not I had no ... (more)

This beautiful circus engine was running out its last few years working on the B&O as part of the new Chessie System. The miracle is that the paint job lasted longer than the original number.The o... (more)

Eastbound Q316 departs Grafton behind a Slug Set.

A loaded coal train prepares to depart the east end of Grafton Yard behind a pair of SD70MAC's.