GMRC northbound train XR1 drops downgrade through a snow squall near East Clarendon, VT on March 3, 1981 with RS1 No. 405. The weather that day went from sun to clouds to snow and back every few ... (more)

GMRC northbound train XR1 nears the top of the grade at near Healdville, VT on March 3, 1981 with RS1 No. 405.

Green Mountain RS1 No. 405 leads northbound train XR1, bound for Rutland, through an S curve south of Cavandish, VT on March 3, 1981.

Vermont Ry. RS3 No. 603, assigned to the Rutland Yard Job, is putting the final touches on southbound freight RC2 bound for North Bennington. Shortly, the train would leave, pulled by SW1500 No. ... (more)

RF&P had a small derailment in the yard at Fredericksburg, VA during the early morning hours of March 6, 1978 when Train No. 105 was making a set off. By daylight a wreck train had arrived from R... (more)

CR WHSN-04 switches the Gilberton Coal Co. at Locust Summit, PA on April 30, 1987. No. 9627 is leading a four unit lash up MP15s. I was drawn to the area because of my interest in the anthracite... (more)

L&N RS36 No. 911 and C420 No. 1363 idle the night away on the roundhouse tracks at Ravenna, KY on June 1, 1978. No. 911 started out its life on Tennessee Central and No. 1363 on Seaboard Air Line... (more)

Conrail WHSN-11 works the crumbling remains of Reading Anthracite's St. Nicholas Central Breaker at St. Nicholas, PA on June 8, 1987. Shortly after this photo was taken, the crew was taking MP15 ... (more)

Relief is finally in sight for L&N's motive power shortage, fueled by booming coal traffic in Eastern Kentucky. On May 16, 1979, three new units, two SD40-2s and a C30-7, head a northbound empty ... (more)

L&N C420 No. 1353 and RS11 No. 952 leave the engine terminal at Loyall, KY on Nov. 13, 1977 for another of the many mine runs operating out of the yard. Coal was booming at the time in Eastern Ke... (more)

The era had ended for one item in this photo, possibly two. The main purpose for the water plug had ended years earlier. By this time U25C No. 1505 was living on borrowed time. New power was ar... (more)

C&O SD40 No. 7550 leads a westbound manifest up Sand Patch Grade at Manila, PA on August 15, 1982.

An eastbound B&O automotive train drops downgrade at Fairhope, PA on November 22, 1981, led by WM GP40-2 No. 4355.

A westbound B&O manifest exits Stuart Tunnel at Magnolia, WV on October 21, 1979. At over 3,000 feet, Stuart is the longest of the four tunnels on the Magnolia Cut Off. It was also the most prob... (more)

For one arriving bright eyed and bushy tailed, looking forward to a couple of days fanning the B&O Cumberland SD, this was not a welcome sight, especially for the first train of the day. B&O Brun... (more)