Do you think the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad could have foreseen another railroad's locomotive or even one from another country use its line to and from without question? Here a Kansas City South... (more)

Empty rack CSX train Q217 on the B&O's Magnolia Cutoff crosses the Potomac River back into West Virginia after briefly burrowing under Maryland via Graham Tunnel in the distance after an Winter sn... (more)

A westbound leans into the curve as it exits the west portal of Carothers Tunnel at Paw Paw, WV.

Westbound empties pass by the "concrete wall" on the Magnolia Cutoff. The original main line, now an access road, lies in the shadows at the bottom left.

Leaning hard into the curve after exiting Graham Tunnel and Kessler Bridge two BNSF loco's lead a buffer car and almost a mile long string of empty tank cars westbound back to the oil fields. This... (more)

Exiting Graham Tunnel and Kessler Bridge two BNSF loco's lead a buffer car and almost a mile long string of empty tank cars westbound back to the oil fields. This train actually covers two states ... (more)

Heading west along the former B&O's Magnolia Cutoff in January, 2012 is train Q217. The head end is passing thru Graham Tunnel, a 900 foot bore thru Tunnel Hill bordered on both sides by the Potom... (more)

Those familiar with the B&O Magnolia Cut Off will recognize this location as Concrete Wall. When B&O constructed the Cut Off in 1913-1914, they were faced with an obstacle at a bend in the Potoma... (more)

Westbound CSX No. 377 passes the westward signal at Carothers, just east of Paw Paw, WV on a steamy day in the Potomac River Valley. This area suffered a particularly bad bout with the Gypsy Moth... (more)

Paw Paw, WV 10/5/12 - As fog settling over the Potomac River begins to shroud the stars deep in the hollows of the Green Ridge State Forest, eastbound autoracks of Q-226 pound over Kesslers Bridge... (more)

Exiting Graham Tunnel and crossing the Potomac River across Kessler Bridge is Q217 just east of Paw Paw, WV. The rear of the train is still at Magnolia, WV while passing through the tunnel it is i... (more)

Paw Paw, WV 10/5/12 - Photography is about capturing light and its interaction with the subject that interests us. That is what captivates me about night photography, where the presence and absenc... (more)

A Full Moon illuminates overcast skies over the Magnolia Cutoff and the B&O CPL signals at Carothers light up for a westbound train. These signals would continue to only shine for two more months ... (more)

CSX 938 leads a empty coal train westbound through Randolph Tunnel.

On October 11, 1986 I spied this motor car at Paw Paw, WV on the Magnolia Cut Off. By this time, motor cars were becoming downright rare. I set up for a shot and I wasn't going to move until I g... (more)