The headlights of a westbound helper set heading up the East Slope towards Horseshoe Curve lights up the now closed Alto Tower and CP Altoona signal bridge.
A scene no other railroad can match, At Summerhill on the former PRR mainline between Pittsburgh and Altonna on the West Slope of the Alleghanies. 2 eastbounds race other running upgrade under the... (more)
The Norfolk and Western CPL flips from Green to Red on the main as 38Q passes by. The other signal to the left is for the siding. A Doll Mast stands on the right of the signals letting crews know ... (more)
GCK Engines pose just outside of Brush Tunnel in what could pose as a set of helper engines in the 1970's heading up the hill to the summit at Deal, PA to fetch a stalled train. Lighting provided ... (more)
Passing by the B&O Roundhouse built circa 1866 and adjacent shop buildings, Q415 lights up the right of way and signals as it makes its way east as the near Full Moon is shrouded by clouds.
30 minutes after sunset this eastbound train seems to be running from the light as it and the tree line behind it are silhouetted against the dusk sky.
A local sits on the siding at the Cumberland, MD Western Maryland Railway Station as a young boy approaches. A crewman steps down and gives the boy a piece of WM literature. This event would ignit... (more)
Taken with special permission and under supervision of the George's Creek Railway. 7471 sits idling and awaits for it's crew to board at Cumberland and take it and its train to Connellsville.
Taken with special permission and under supervision of the George's Creek Railway. A Western Maryland Railway local has just pushed a loaded box car from a siding in Cumberland and pauses at the ... (more)
A couple friends nad I had some fun putting this together. Preparing to depart Cumberland, MD on the Western Maryland Railway as the Marker Lights get on board.
38Q crosses the Potomac River under the Super Moon of 2012 at Shepherdstown, WV.
The southbound Shepherdstown, WV signal stands tall against the bright Moon in the early morning hours of Cinco De Mayo 2012.
Old work horses sit ready for their next assignment by the yard office. 6280 GP40-2 ex C&O 4382 and slug 2265 bask in the light and falling rain. Many thanks to Denny for some broadside lighting h... (more)
The Norfolk and Western Southbound Berryville CPLs stand tall with the moon illuminating the night sky behind them.
Q415's last few cars and EOT trek past the Martinsburg Station complex under a near full moon.
