NS 165 heads west through the dawn fog at Oakvale on the Christiansburg District.

RJ Corman operates former C&O branches in the New River Gorge as their RJCV West Virginia Line, and they began their day at dawn by taking 100 mty hoppers up the 2.5% grade towards the Contura Ene... (more)

Rounding a twenty-degree curve on a 1.7% uphill grade, H802 with 2 AC's and 37 loads of coal are down to 3mph on wet rail.

600mm view of BB 12 clearing the line after a major snowfall. The code line charm of this former C&O line will soon be gone, as new signals take hold.

After meeting an Eastbound coil train, Westbound coke accelerates toward the diamond at XN (or RO if you're a B&O fan) tower on the former Nickel Plate racetrack in Leipsic.

The C&O Cantilever stands guard for another night in Hilldale, under a swirling Summer sky.

The fiery glow from the WAS Pence Springs in a heavy snowfall.

A view from inside the West portal of Great Bend Tunnel. Home of the John Henry legend, the original bore at Bend Bend was completed in 1872, and served the C&O railway until being taken out of s... (more)

Black Card Trickery. With advance warning that a short Q302 approached Hilldale, I devised a plan. A bit of exposure pre-train to silhouette the signal, a black card (ok, a piece of cardboard) i... (more)

Full moon night at Sewell. A 14 minute exposure @ f8.0, ISO 100 taken just before midnight. For an earlier pre-moon view of the location from Chase Gunnoe, see photo 329447.

A morning in which everything came together. Sunlight, waning fog, and a train with perfect timing. Q302 gets the green to go after following a slow moving coal train.

West Absolute Signal Pence Springs, population zero. Alone with my thoughts while the camera paints a scene invisible to the naked eye. The crescent moon obscured by a layer of clouds, coupled w... (more)

Standing track side in a cold rain while holding an umbrella over the camera and forsaking my dryness, I couldn't help but ask myself "Why?". Ninety seconds later I had my answer. Westbound thro... (more)