The Chessie Steam Special races towards Philadlephia behind Reading T1 #2101. Staged in honor of the 1977 Sesquicentennial of the Baltimore & Ohio (founded in 1827), Ross Rowland's 4-8-4 toured t... (more)
Without the mail contract, the metropolitan became a skinny train with lots of horsepower. The E unit provides steam heat. Click He... (more)
All of the power was out on road headed to and from coal mines except for this lonely GP30 and GP9. No one wanted the GP30 on their train that day. So I was the lucky one that day.
Finale to orders on the fly - see picture 234012
Over 150 years old, B&O 25, The William Mason, can still put on a show, as it did last year passing the passenger car shops during the B&O Railroad Museum's Steam Days.
The famous B&O 6969 with CNJ mixed freight APOT on the plains of Bound Brook. It is near one of the biggest power transmission pole lines in the east at this time. Also, at this time, my girlfrien... (more)
In 1980 B&O SW1 8413 & 8414 were assigned to C&O's Dean yard to switch DOW Chemical's power plant.
B&O 4-6-2 No 5227, built by Schenectady in 1919, is seen in her prime in the early 1920s at Sandy Hook, east of Harpers Ferry beside the C&O Canal before it closed in 1924. Photo printed from a 10... (more)
Self-portrait of the young railfan reflected in the broken drumhead -- The Capitol Limited was the B&O's premiere train for almost 48 years, beginning May 12, 1923 running from NYC to Chicago. On... (more)
It was Labor Day and we found a whole field full of units, shut down and not a soul to be seen. They're probably still finding the orange film boxes.
The classic EMD switches accelerates away from the turntable.