One of the responsibilities of a Tower Operator was to inspect passing trains. On a steamy July 23, 2000, CSX Operator Paul Swain, pad and pencil in hand, was inspecting an empty hopper train as ... (more)
It's after midnight under a setting half Moon as the Chambersburg to Chicago intermodal Q015 crosses the Potomac River and a heavy fog begins to lift off the water's surface. The glow in the dista... (more)
Miller Tower was in its final days when CSX Operator Paul Swain was "highballing" a westbound freight on the evening of July 22, 2000. I shall be forever grateful for the hospitality Paul and oth... (more)
Q400 rolls west on track one at the Cherry Run interlocking. Four tracks converge at this location. In the foreground from left to right is the Lurgan Sub from Hagerstown, the Cumberland Sub Low G... (more)
After arriving in Hagerstown, MD from the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch, a string of PPLX hoppers run west off the former Western Maryland now CSX Lurgan Sub at Cherry Run, WV under a near full m... (more)