Elephant-style F-units pass under the classic old Western Maryland Railway signal bridge in Chambersburg. Trains traversed this route from 1881 to November 2, 2000. The tracks are gone today, but ... (more)

A MARC passenger extra on CSX rails is led by a GP40 and two trailing F-Units, passing Granite Station on the old Western Maryland. The train originated in Hagerstown, MD in the push-mode, and ra... (more)

Three elephant-style F-Units are heading to Hagerstown on the old Western Maryland Railway's Altenwald Cutoff. It's left-hand running here in 1992, with eastward Rutherford-bound loads assigned t... (more)

A never-to-be-repeated elephant-style F-unit trio on the old Western Maryland Railway through Chambersburg. Trains plied this route from 1881 to November 2, 2000. The tracks are gone today, but ... (more)

A MARC special from Hagerstown to Gettysburg and New Oxford is passing through the famous railroad cut, where, on the morning of July 1, 1863, the Confederate brigade of Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis... (more)

Immaculate EMD power being readied for the Maryland Midland's dinner train. In a few minutes, the F7 will pull forward, allowing the GP9 to couple to the hind end for use on the return trip. No.... (more)

A Pennsy 4-4-2 and a Chessie U30B are unlikely stablemates in this scene- the occasion being the 125th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. The PRR 7002 traveled from Strasburg the previous day... (more)

Two "Pooches" descend the grade at Horseshoe Curve, pulling a Lancaster Chapter NRHS excursion. Twenty-five of these 143-ton cowl-units were built for Amtrak, 1975-76; none survive.

PRR K4s No. 1361 has come off the Conrail main line at Tyrone to board passengers for a round-trip to Bellefonte. At that time, the public was not permitted to ride between Altoona and Tyrone, so ... (more)

The 1218 is struggling mightily to back her train around the Front Royal wye for the layover after a trip through Manassas Gap. Although limited cutoff kept the Class A factor of adhesion at a to... (more)

Pacing 1218 up to Manassas Gap, the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge in VA, at 887 feet above sea level. On the other side of the gap is Front Royal and the Shenandoah Valley. I wonder how the ... (more)

The local population is awed by the gigantic Class A as it articulates around the Bellevue wye after a trip to Fremont, Ohio.

The 1218 is northbound on the Shenandoah Valley Line on a circle trip from Roanoke to Balcony Falls on the C&O, down the James River Line to Lynchburg, and back to Roanoke over Blue Ridge. Moment... (more)

The 1218-611 doubleheader cools its heels with the 1989 inbound NRHS Convention Special before commencing the last lap into Salisbury, NC. The people alongside give some scale to the gargantuan b... (more)

The 1218 heads south to Lynchburg, as seen through a 135 mm fixed telephoto lens.