The J4E shifter based out of Dickinson yard completes some switching at Alloy before heading back to its terminal.

I was on the way home from college when I got a tip from a friend of mine this extra move hauling military equipment was headed towards Charleston. We see it here in downtown Charleston, WV about... (more)

This was my first time to Marion, OH, and boy was I impressed. The community of Marion has done an excellent job of providing a railfan friendly park to railfans to watch the endless action that g... (more)

A northbound local crosses the former Big Four at Marion, OH.

This GP9 is displaying the OmniTrax corporate logo. OnmiTrax is the owner of the Northern Ohio and Western Railrway.

This former CSX beast is seen on an outlawed train new Jewett.

This set of power is carefully bringing its string of cars into Dickinson yard. The crew will soon uncouple from the train, and tie the power down at an adjacent engine terminal.

A coal train waits for a fresh crew by the Handley yard office. It is hard to imagine today that at one time, this was an important terminal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. This yard office... (more)

My friends Jeremy and Matt, fellow college class mates, watch a late PO51 arrive at the Montgomery station. In the upper right hand corner of the photo you can see our dormitory, Ratliff Hall.

Alloy has become an important yard for Norfolk Southern in recent years, acting as a staging point for trains operating between Elmore and the mines along the NS secondary. The head end power of ... (more)

This westbound coal drag digs in for the climb at Montgomery, WV.

This GP38ac is returning to the yard office at Auville yard.

This monsterous 213 car coal train is putting the hammer down as it proceeds onto single track.

These N&W signals frame the train quite nicely.