TOFC business on the RF&P really started to mushroom in the early 1970s, much in part because of UPS. The piggyback ramp at Potomac Yard became increasingly important, with most of the southbound... (more)

Southern Railway was part owner of RF&P, and when their steam train needed to be ferried between Alexandria and Richmond, they used the RF&P. On a typically steamy July 28, 1973, Southern 2-8-2 N... (more)

RF&P FP7 No. 1202 was leading an E8A and two GP units as manifest No. 109 passed through Doswell, VA on Nov. 13, 1971. RF&P was extremely short of power in 1971 and part of 1972 and some E8As wer... (more)

RF&P GP40 No. 125 was leading two FP7As and another GP40 on the head end of southbound manifest No. 105 as it passed through Doswell, VA on Nov. 13, 1971. Soon, the delivery of RF&P's GP40-2s wou... (more)

It was early evening on August 13, 1985 and a late eastbound C&O manifest No. 794 was banging across the RF&P main line at Doswell, VA with lone B30-7 No. 8280 for power. No. 794 usually rated tw... (more)

We are looking across the RF&P main line at Doswell, VA on a hot, humid July, 1982 day as the C&O Richmond Turnaround Local came around the Wye Track with GP39 No. 3909. The signal mast to the le... (more)

By the late 1970s, the east end of the C&O seemed to become a magnet for their fleet of GE locomotives. That really wasn't a problem for me, I enjoyed it, but I am sure a few of the folks working... (more)

Buckingham Branch Engine #9 receives some maintenance work while parked on the yard in Doswell, VA. February 2011.

The brakeman walks back to the head end of an eastbound manifest after making a pick up of RF&P interchange cars at Doswell, VA on Feb. 11, 1978. At this point in time, catching three Geeps in th... (more)

Snow falls on a trio of Buckingham Branch Engines as they endure the elements on this cold winter's evening. January 2011.

Buckingham Branch locomotives #3 & #2 head east on the former Chesapeake & Ohio Tracks down to Bear Island Paper Company. March 2007.

Running several hours late, Amtrak's northbound "Auto Train" blasts through Doswell, VA on the RF&P RR on January 8, 1988. The storm that brought snow to the RF&P, brought ice to CSX in the Carol... (more)

Northbound RF&P through freight No. 192 hammers across the RF&P/C&O diamond at Doswell, VA on January 8, 1988. HN Tower was closed in 1958 when RF&P went to CTC, but was been maintained to house ... (more)

Westbound C&O Train No. 41, the Newport News section of the "George Washington" is about to slam across the RF&P diamond at Doswell, VA in April, 1970. Although HN tower was still standing, and i... (more)

Rain starts to fall on two of the finest Buckingham Branch engines as they brave the elements this cool evening. November 2010.