Basking in the morning sun, Loram's RG 318 awaits a day of grinding on the James River Subdivision.

Carefully reversing over the Ice House switch on CSX rails, C&O 614 is just minutes away from successfully arriving at C&O Historical Society grounds in Clifton Forge.

After performing a brake test, C&O 5828 is ready to depart the Smiths Creek Yard to the east with a mixed freight in tow.

An empty Herzog ballast train has just departed Clifton Forge passing by the C&O 5828 on display at the C&OHS Smith Creeks Yard.

Just after sunrise, Q302 backs its 15 car train into the East end of Clifton Forge Yard. Trailing today is CSXT 7489, the last Conrail painted C40-8 on the CSX roster. The entire CF yard, along ... (more)

As a light mist falls and the grass lays covered in dew, a C&O conductor receives orders to depart east to Eagle Rock on C&O rails.

The Chessie scheme always looked good in color, but my EOS 650 was loaded with Ilford XP1 at the time, resulting in this B&W image of two idle Chessie SDs.

Just after sunset, a sequentially numbered pair of GP38-2's finishing assembling Q302 for a final run East before the Labor Day slowdown. From this unique view you can see the entire Clifton Forg... (more)

C&O 5828, an EMD GP7 sits on display at the C&O Heritage Center while westbound empties arrived from the east.

The classy cab interior of an EMD GP7.

CSX U505-1 grinds up the Alleghency Subdivision at BA Cabin heading toward Allegheny tower.

A C&O brakeman observes the sights from the platform as he lights his pipe on this unusually cold summer night. Lighting provided by the C&O Historical Society.

A conductor watches over the shove as an oncoming light engine approaches. Lighting provided by the C&O Historical Society.

A classy C&O GP7 sits on display in the C&OHS Smith's Creek Yard under clear skies. In the background, progress can be seen on the newest addition to the grounds, a replica C&O depot.